long-s confusion

[Joel S. Berson]

At 3/20/2010 05:35 AM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>... Also, some old editions of Encyclopaedia Brittanica appear on line with
>the entire collection of long-s's replaced by f's. It is quite a
>sight--not to mention, a pain to read. At least, the GB scans are readable.
>
>Here's a passage that combines the two--try to read the whole sentence
>without laughing. Then read the entire paragraph to give it proper
>context. ;-) [I know--it's very adolescent humor...]
>http://bit.ly/d2joLI

Wait 'til the fundamentalist Christians get ahold of this.  Finally
there will be an organization large enough and powerful enough to
stem the march of Google.

Joel

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