Thorn (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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So it does.  I can only say that I'm being exceptionally dim today.
Thanks to everyone for helping me with something that I apparently
looked right at and couldn't see.

Bill

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> At 2/10/2010 02:57 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:
> >What do you mean by "the thorn" -- is that the name of a typographic
> >symbol?  What does it look like? (The OED doesn't help with its entry
> >for "thorn").
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> I'm surprised at the comment about the OED.  Thorn (n) sense 7 even
> displays the graphic.
>
> Joel
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