fforde
English edit
Etymology edit
A variant of Forde/Ford: in some blackletter typefaces, capital F looked like (and was later taken to be) two lowercase fs. Compare ffrench.
Proper noun edit
fforde
- A surname: compare Fforde.
- 2017, Sarah Winterton, The Wintertons Unmuzzled: The Life & Times of Nick & Ann Winterton, Two Westminster Mavericks, Biteback Publishing, →ISBN:
- [...] his 'crime' was discovered, was summoned to see the headmaster, Sir Arthur fforde. It could potentially have been a flogging offence, but the headmaster, bizarrely, offered him a glass of nonalcoholic sherry. It no doubt helped that fforde, like [...]
Usage notes edit
- Capitalisation and spelling sic.