OT: Dykes Degree
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- Subject: OT: Dykes Degree
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@digitalpla.net>
- Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 07:48:49 -0600
From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <cwalters@digitalpla.net>
> From: David Silverberg
> I would be most appreciative is someone of our "talkers" could translate
> "L-es-L." Is it an honorary degree? I have never seen it anywhere else
> except following Dykes' name.
David,
My French-English dictionary offers the following explanation:
L-es-L : Abbreviation of Licencie-es-Lettres (Licenciate in Letters), the
French equivalent of either a B.A. or an M.A. W. R. Dykes was a
schoolmaster, ne-c'est-pas?
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
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