Talk:Testimonial letter from Thomas Esser
The author presents his surname in two different ways, Essex and Esser. How are we to choose? A couple of factors point toward Esser:
- 1. He may live in Massachusetts, where Essex might be a better bet, but he is from Germany, where Esser is a fairly common name.
- 2. His signature looks more like Esser than Essex.
It does not look like a mistake that's easy to make, ie the "r" and the "x" are not particularly close together on the keyboard, so perhaps this "typo" is intentional, and he is transitioning to a more Anglo name. -- doofus-9 02:41, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
No, his name is neither Essex nor Esser.
If you look at his signature again, he signs as "Eßer" - the "ß" is called a 'sharp S' in German and is also pronounced that way, ie as in "suck", but the US keyboards do not have a "ß" so Germans typically use "ss" instead.
here's a sample [1]
--Rudra (talk) 03:06, 23 December 2023 (UTC)
:-)
Good find! So there is another pointer, if not exactly to Esser, more to Esser than Essex. -- doofus-9 02:52, 24 December 2023 (UTC)
