OT: ffolliott

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Thu Feb 11 16:49:42 UTC 2010


At 2/11/2010 09:15 AM, Amy West wrote:
>The other strike against my long-s hypothesis is that the words
>themselves often make it clear whether it's f or long-s. There's
>actually few opportunities for real ambiguity.

Except by the ditsy verger in "Vicar of Dibley".

Joel

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