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ff (digraph)
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ff is a digraph of the Latin alphabet.
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In English, double ff represents the same sound as single f: /f/. The doubling is used to indicate that the preceding vowel is (historically) short.
When a proper name begins with the ff digraph, it is not capitalised according to the usual rules for proper nouns: for example, the double-barrelled name ffrench-Constant.[citation needed] Such people as Jasper Fforde, however, spell their names with a single capital F. Style generally requires that the initial f be capitalised at the beginning of sentences, however.
In Welsh, ff represents /f/, while f represents /v/. It is considered a distinct letter, and placed between f and g in alphabetical order.
In medieval Breton, nasalisation was written using a ff digraph following the nasalized vowel. Though this notation was reformed during the 18th century, proper names retained the former orthograph, which leads systematically to mispronunciation. One of the most famous example is the proper name Henaff.
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