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It is understandable that Michel Vercambre would find it disconcerting to run into blue jaundice in his English-Welsh dictionary [“Instant Welsh,” XVII, 3].
His son Louis XVII died in obscure circumstances under the Revolutionary government, probably in 1795.
While on matters Gallic I would point out, in regard to Don Sharp's article in the same issue [XVII, 2], that, though not as addicted to the practice as American English, French is also given to creating words from letter abbreviations.
The article by Bill Bryson [XVII, 4] on the vagaries of English abroad unfortunately also serves to illustrate the lack of linguistic understanding which exists between our two countries.
While no author will be unhappy with a review that begins, “ The Surname Dictionary , in particular, becomes the best available work on the subject,” several points in Leslie Dunkling's remarks on A Dictionary of Surnames [XVII, 4:11] require comment.