Spelling names

[Mark A. Mandel]

David Bergdahl <bergdahl at OAK.CATS.OHIOU.EDU> writes:

>>>>>
...and then there was Albert Marckwardt's injunction to "use as many
letters as possible" in spelling his name :-)
<<<<<

Similarly, I tell people that my daughter's name, "Susannah", has
everything we could fit into it, and then I spell it "S U S A double-N A
H". The "double-" prefix stands out clearly, as does the final "H".

-- Mark A. Mandel