17 February 2014

There Is A Reason Why You Can't Find "duh mop"

In many English language documents in the 19th century and before a double "s" is written in such a way that it resemble a "fancy" modern "p." Because of this some names with a double "s" on the end end up being transcribed as if they ended with a "p."

That's exactly why DeMoss is transcribed occasionally as DeMop.

4 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2014 at 9:05 PM

    My first experience with the double S was with a census record showing many BAP families! Little did I know that was really BASS!

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  2. ErnieFebruary 18, 2014 at 8:08 AM

    How about the Mipipippi River?

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    1. BubbaFebruary 18, 2014 at 8:44 AM

      Good point. And now (because of my somewhat unusual sense of humor), I can't get the phrase "Look for 'duh mop' in the Mipipippi River" out of my head ;-)

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2014 at 12:06 AM

    I have also seen "ss" look like two long "f" letters. Resulting in Russell transcribed as Ruffell.

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