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<p>[QUOTE="silverthwait, post: 46354, member: 103"]it is my private belief that monogramists try very hard to make letters that can possibly be interpreted as more than one letter. I have some silverware that is actually marked with a W, but I call it an M and no one has ever disagreed. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another monogramatic requirement is that any silverware given to a bride Before a wedding is to be marked with Her initials. as in Cynthia Louise Grey appears as CLG, or, more often CGL. Once she is married, gifts or household purchases, are marked for Cynthia Grey Thompson.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have sometimes wondered if the gifts, which are historically presented to the bride, was that to ensure that should Mr. Thompson prove to be a neer-do-well, Cynthia would not be left destitute. ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="silverthwait, post: 46354, member: 103"]it is my private belief that monogramists try very hard to make letters that can possibly be interpreted as more than one letter. I have some silverware that is actually marked with a W, but I call it an M and no one has ever disagreed. Another monogramatic requirement is that any silverware given to a bride Before a wedding is to be marked with Her initials. as in Cynthia Louise Grey appears as CLG, or, more often CGL. Once she is married, gifts or household purchases, are marked for Cynthia Grey Thompson. I have sometimes wondered if the gifts, which are historically presented to the bride, was that to ensure that should Mr. Thompson prove to be a neer-do-well, Cynthia would not be left destitute. ?[/QUOTE]
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