[WikiEN-l] Re: Adolph Hitler

Thu Nov 13 13:19:40 UTC 2003

In message <1e2.134dae0d.2ce49f32 at aol.com>, 
daniwo59-YDxpq3io04c at public.gmane.org writes
>As for Adolf/Adolf Hitler, there are two reason that it would be spelled with
>ph--1) the person spelling it is using the English, rather than the German,
>version of the name,
  [...]

Correcting you just to be pedantic, but in English the Adolf/Adolph 
distinction seems to be a transatlantic thing. I have never seen 
"Adolph" used in any document originating in the UK.

That said, I'd certainly have no objection to the variant spelling being 
noted.

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Arwel Parry
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