Talk:Barnaby Bernard Lintot
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T or Two?
[edit]For those wishing to understand the chaos of "Bernard Lintott," "Bernard Lintot," "Barnaby Lintot," etc. and the variation in spelling followed in the article, here is the rule that I followed and that I recommend.
- He went by "Bernard," and no one called him Barnaby, even if that was his legal first name.
- Prior to 1724, he spelled his name consistently as "Lintott." Therefore, when describing his actions prior to that year, I used the two T's. After that year, I went to one T.
- In 1724, according to the DNB, he became convinced that he was related to the royal printer, took on the orphaned son of the royal printer as an apprentice, and changed the spelling of his name to conform to that spelling (one T). Therefore, he probably didn't have a very legal reason for the change.
- References to him in other literature come from the works of Cibber, Gay, and especially Pope, and they invariably use the double T spelling.
Anyway, there is no rule, but this is the rule I followed, so there is no need to make it consistent throughout, so long as redirects work. Geogre 14:54, 10 April 2006 (UTC)