Willyslancs Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 As i dont speak German can someone tell me what this says please ! Cheers :???..........:coffee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Assuming it's German the first part "Flottillen" is "Flotillas", Not sure about the "fchiffstaffe" bit though.......... (equally assuming I've read it correctly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted January 18, 2009 Author Share Posted January 18, 2009 i thought that about the first bit too, but lost now ....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Flottilla ships staff ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightweight Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Schiff = navigate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 Schiff = navigate Hmm - if you are right about that being some form of long "S" and not another "f" then "schiffstaffe" translates as "sailing ape" - so it reads "Flottillas Sailing Ape" ????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightweight Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Hmm - if you are right about that being some form of long "S" and not another "f" then "schiffstaffe" translates as "sailing ape" - so it reads "Flottillas Sailing Ape" ????? No doubt appearing in the next Cadbury's advert! Seriously, double s is normally portrayed in German as a character that I can't get my keyboard to do. Looks a bit like a capital B but with a dangly upright if that makes any sense at all (Joris - got a euro-keyboard?), so i think it must be 'FLOTILLA NAVIGATIONAL STAFF' - although I prefer your version:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted January 25, 2009 Author Share Posted January 25, 2009 lol............................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 (edited) I'd concur with Flotilla Ship's Staff and conclude it is in fact the door to the Admiral's Day Room on the flagship, for running the flotilla as opposed to the main bridge where the ship's captain runs the ship. But it's just a guess. Look carefully at the difference between the lower case s and f. Until about the 19th century the two letters looked very similar in English too. Actually the more I look it it, the more intrigued I become as the s at the start of Schiff is different from the s at the start of Staffe. ISTR a rule depending on whether the letter s is at the start or in the middle of the word, but I cannot see the differentiation in this case. I wonder if it's because Staffe is the main noun in the construct? Edited January 26, 2009 by AlienFTM Added a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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