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   Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:   
      
   AH>  The author, BTW, is generally known Over Here as   
   AH>  A. A. Milne.... :-)   
      
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   AK>  I asked about the second name.   
      
              Oh, I see.  I'd describe the initials here as representing a   
   person's given names and "Milne" as a surname or family name.   
      
              I understand these things work a bit differently WRT Russian   
   names... and to complicate matters, a person's given name may also be the   
   mother's maiden name and/or another individual's surname where I come from.   
      
      
   AK>  How would you write it "Milne" or "Miln" if you   
   AK>  never saw it written.   
      
              Well, it does rhyme with "kiln"... so if I'd never seen or heard   
   this name before I might employ the latter until I had time to investigate   
   further.   
      
              YMMV because I live in a country where most people speak English,   
   but I'd probably start with the Vancouver telephone directory.  When I see   
   there are +/- 100 entries for "Milne" but none for "Miln" I believe the former   
   is correct.   
      
              When I recognize it as the name of a well-known author I have   
   various other choices.  I can consult a modern English/English dictionary   
   which includes some proper nouns where older ones don't.  I can check the card   
   catalogue at the public library.  I can ask the nearest English major,   
   elementary school teacher, teacher/librarian, etc.  Or I can search the   
   Internet... which may sometimes for whatever reason be more easily said than   
   done wherever one happens to live.  :-)   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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