Thorn (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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Thanks very much.  I learn something every day . .  .

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> Thorn is the name for the symbol that is represented by the letters
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>  English spelling. Of course Wikipedia has an entry:=20
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_(letter)
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> > Date: Wed=2C 10 Feb 2010 13:57:24 -0600
> > From: Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL
> > Subject: Re: ffolliott (UNCLASSIFIED)
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> > > Perhaps some transcribers saw manuscript representations of a
> capital
> > > F (which naturally would *only* be in an initial position) that
> > > looked like two lower-case "f"s connected=2C treated it like
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> > > other characters not in their fonts (e.g.=2C like using a "y" for
> the
> > > thorn -- a *letter* replaced by a letter)=2C and transcribed it as
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> > > double lower-case "ff".
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> > 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
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> > > (1) Can someone give me examples of adverbs formed from a noun and
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> > > preposition? My vocabulary is failing me.
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> > Doesn't a prepositional phrase often serve the purpose of an adverb?
> > He ran with speed.
> > He ran quickly.
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