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Wed, 6 May 1998 13:53:04 EDT
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In a message dated 98-05-06 09:29:24 EDT, [log in to unmask] writes:

> My understanding is that the use of "f" for "s" was meant to imitate the
>  "long S" or "median S" and used in the middle of words, whereas the modern
>  lower-case "s" was called the "terminal s" and used at the ends of words.

This founds complicated, like that?

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