OT: ff

[Brucefelk@xxxxxxxx]

Myeon Gochnauer writes,

>What is the origin of "ff." as it is used in scholarly footnotes, meaning
"(and) following (pages/items)"?

It's not an obvious abbreviation for "following"<

That's  what it means, none the less. Actually "f" means the following page, and ff the following pages (two or several).

In music, "f" is "forte" (strong[ly] or loud[ly); "ff" simply means, in essence, twice as much; and "fff" all the way.

bruce fffelknor