In the 19th Century it was common for a double s to be written with a letter which looks like a modern written f, followed by a modern s; the untrained eye therefore reads it as fs, and not the correct ss. So Ross would look like Rofs, but actually it is Ross.
Posted by member2014 on Wed 12 Nov 2014 18:48:34 UTC
Older styles of writing
In the 19th Century it was common for a double s to be written with a letter which looks like a modern written f, followed by a modern s; the untrained eye therefore reads it as fs, and not the correct ss. So Ross would look like Rofs, but actually it is Ross.
Posted by member2014 on Wed 12 Nov 2014 18:48:34 UTC