At 03:43 PM 2/20/2002, you wrote:
>Okay -- I'm having a brain cramp, so someone please help me out.
>
>I am translating some 19th c. French docs, and cannot think of the name for
>the script symbol that looks like an "f," but it is an "s."  (i.e., "sifter"
>rather than "sister") There is a name for this, but darned if I can think of
>it...  Thanks!
>The only term I have run into is "long s". It is, after all, really a
>letter, not a symbol for a letter! If somebody knows a more "technical"
>term for it, i'll be happy to add it to my vocabulary.

Anne T. Lane, Collections Manager
York County Culture & Heritage Commission
4621 Mount Gallant Road
Rock Hill SC 29732-8666
803-329-2121, ext. 104
Fax 803-329-5249
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