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<p>[QUOTE="silverthwait, post: 12644, member: 103"]As long as the subject is here... Monograms -- the 19th century and onward variety -- are to be read as if the knife, fork or spoon was standing on the business end facing the user. An initial is NOT "either and M or a W;" it is one or the other -- even if neither can actually be discerned through all the curlycues![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="silverthwait, post: 12644, member: 103"]As long as the subject is here... Monograms -- the 19th century and onward variety -- are to be read as if the knife, fork or spoon was standing on the business end facing the user. An initial is NOT "either and M or a W;" it is one or the other -- even if neither can actually be discerned through all the curlycues![/QUOTE]
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