> > > > > Pa"it looks just like an English 's'"ul
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> > > > Dar "What does?" ien
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> > > Pa"A Dutch 's'"ul
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> > Dar "It doesn't look much like an Old(e) English "s", which looks more like an "f"" ien
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> As far as I've been able to observe, the "s" only elongates into something that looks more like an "f" when it is in the middle of the word--an "s" on the end of the word looks normal. I like the "f"-looking character so much that I frequently refer to the state in which I currently reside as "Maffachuffetts".
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> It refembles a perfon speaking with a lifp.

True... but I prefer the more elegant and slightly confufing "Maskachusetts," which makes people wonder if they heard you wrong or if you actually did mifpronounce it. How 'bout a compromife - "Mafkachuffetes." Kinda reminds me of Kafka... appropriately enough. :-}

Dar "Slowly subverting the language to my own twifted ends" ien