[Ads-l] query on -s truncation

[Joel Berson]

Should this discussion distinguish between written abbreviations and oral truncations?  I wonder whether Charles F. Lummis was actually called "Chas".
Joel     From: ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM>
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Serendipitously I re-encountered an abbreviation that apparently
follows the pattern under discussion in the naming domain:

Charles => Chas.
Charles F. Lummis => Chas. F Lummis

[ref] 1900, September-October, The Land of Sunshine: The Magazine of
California and the West, Edited by Chas. F. Lummis, Volume 13, Number
4, In the Lion's Den by Chas. F. Lummis, Start Page 291, Quote Page
292, The Land of Sunshine Publishing Co., Los Angeles, California.
(Google Books Full View) link [/ref]

https://books.google.com/books?id=YUI1AQAAMAAJ&

Garson



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