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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 398199, member: 5833"]You're welcome, but doesn't seem like a useful observation. To my uneducated sensibility, it does not feel Italian. If that is a W & not an M, think that pretty much rules out a word or initials in a Romance language. They may have it in their alphabet, but seem to do without it, as in the French oui.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, I don't know what it's doing here, but in my world, a single F after a name stands for the Latin <i>fecit</i>, indicating that person made it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 398199, member: 5833"]You're welcome, but doesn't seem like a useful observation. To my uneducated sensibility, it does not feel Italian. If that is a W & not an M, think that pretty much rules out a word or initials in a Romance language. They may have it in their alphabet, but seem to do without it, as in the French oui. On the other hand, I don't know what it's doing here, but in my world, a single F after a name stands for the Latin [I]fecit[/I], indicating that person made it.[/QUOTE]
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