Subject: Re: "ffrench"
Date: Oct 7 11:45:18 1996
From: Dennis Paulson - dpaulson at mirrors.ups.edu
I thought this was interesting enough to be worth sharing.
>Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 10:21:40 -0700
>From: fx at sprynet.com
>Subject: Re: "ffrench"
>To: dpaulson at ups.edu
>
>Dear Dr. Paulson: I noted your message about a guide to the birds of
>T&T and recalled hearing that the "ff" in Richard ffrench's IS a
>capital. Apparently, it is an extremely archaic way of capitalization
>and "ff" is the only remnant of that system still in use. Just a bit
>of arcane trivia!
> a Buaidh! FX
>
>F. X. Schloeder "Most people live their lives
>Bellaire, TX asleep; others in a constant
>fx at sprynet.com state of amazement."
Dennis Paulson, Director phone 206-756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax 206-756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416