As a long-time student of Russian, I have to agree with the awesomeness of this topic. I always thought the over-/underlines were just used to help new students read cursive. It's cool to learn it's kind of an historic thing. After a certain amount of experience reading Russian script, these words become less troublesome, in general, as they can be determined from the context. Again, though, I've much appreciation for the post. :)
Between the lines
Date: 2009-10-18 08:18 pm (UTC)