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Re: ff at the beginning of a word (usually a proper name?) Customer of PlusNet plc ..
Sam Lowry (No.Spam@Thank.You) 2006/10/01 17:11

On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 18:53:36 -0400, donald girod wrote:

> What is the explanation or origin of a spelling like ffrench?  Is it
> possibly the case that ff is simply an alternate way to do something
> like capitalize?  I'm just curious.

I don't know of any English words that start with ff, therefore I would
assume either a foreign word or some form of reference that should be
explained elsewhere in the book/text.

-SL


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