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From: "Dan" <danUNDERSCOREgoesHEREslaughter@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: ff at the beginning of a word (usually a proper name?)
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"donald girod" <girodd@localnet.com> wrote in message
news:12i0hnt6dusapa8@corp.supernews.com...
> 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.
Someone accidentally hit the 'f' key one to many times. To my knowledge, it
doesn't mean anything.
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