Unclichéd Valentine

[tectak]

Billy,

"Oh,and for erthona if he strays this way again, sterling banknotes used linen fibres (lint) for a long time. It was a hallmark of the paper....er papyrus."

Thank you for your concern on my lack of education, but actually neither papyrus nor linen are paper. Paper is oft times said to have a linen pattern imprinted on it, thus giving it the straight line appearance of linen. And while I might consider allowing the generic association of papyrus with paper, the phrase disallows it, "On Turkish linen, in papyrus", as it notes a very specific type of linen, "Turkish linen", which as you know generally refer to handmade cloth from flax used as such things as bath towels, or rugs, akin to silk in its texture. Papyrus on the other hand is a thick and barely bendable material with a rough texture. Plus with the comma following linen, causes one to read the line like one would read "On rag bond, in Ariel", thus my comments, which as you can see now were somewhat tongue in cheek. However thank you for enlightening me that the Brits printed money on linen. I have seen this with other currencies, especially those in warm weather countries, which of course makes sense, but I was unaware that the BE had ever done so. Then again, as I have never held a single British pound in my hands this is not surprising. Evidently there is some rule that prohibits them from leaving the country.

Dale

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Billy,

"Oh,and for erthona if he strays this way again, sterling banknotes used linen fibres (lint) for a long time. It was a hallmark of the paper....er papyrus."

Thank you for your concern on my lack of education, but actually neither papyrus nor linen are paper. Paper is oft times said to have a linen pattern imprinted on it, thus giving it the straight line appearance of linen. And while I might consider allowing the generic association of papyrus with paper, the phrase disallows it, "On Turkish linen, in papyrus", as it notes a very specific type of linen, "Turkish linen", which as you know generally refer to handmade cloth from flax used as such things as bath towels, or rugs, akin to silk in its texture. Papyrus on the other hand is a thick and barely bendable material with a rough texture. Plus with the comma following linen, causes one to read the line like one would read "On rag bond, in Ariel", thus my comments, which as you can see now were somewhat tongue in cheek. However thank you for enlightening me that the Brits printed money on linen. I have seen this with other currencies, especially those in warm weather countries, which of course makes sense, but I was unaware that the BE had ever done so. Then again, as I have never held a single British pound in my hands this is not surprising. Evidently there is some rule that prohibits them from leaving the country.

Dale

The continuity of this thread has gone to pot. It was I, tectak, who proffered the erroneus info on the gbp banknote followed by an erratum, to erthona, almost immediately. Google the Bernhard operation 1945.
I have, contrarywise, had first hand contact with papyrus, in a roll, purchasable, from an art supplier in Corfu last year. Though genuine in its material content it had the dubious benefit of modern (though greek) production. The material is crisp and certainly heavier than "paper" but it had a luxuriant feel and was quite smooth, but not smooth as I expected as no chalk is used in the production.
Best.
Tectak