In message <1e2.134dae0d.2ce49f32(a)aol.com>om>,
daniwo59-YDxpq3io04c(a)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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