[Sca-cooks] Re: Sca-cooks Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Friday, July 4, 2003, at 09:45  AM, Phlip wrote:
> As a general rule, though, any variation of
> Philip is a first name if it has 1 (one) L, and a last name if it has 2
> (two) Ls, although that rule has been losing its force over the last 20
> years or so...
>
> Also, it's a lot more common among the Brits than it is in the US. 
> Suspect
> that might have something to do with the Crown Prince sharing the 
> name....

Basically if you completely ignore the Greek roots of the name, it's 
easy enough to phoneticize it that way.

However, I do not approve.

Phi... Adamantius