From: Sam Lowry <No.Spam@Thank.You>
Subject: Re: ff at the beginning of a word (usually a proper name?)
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:11:04 +0100
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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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