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ArchivesRe: What is the difference between a variant and a corruption of a name?
in reply to a message by clevelandkentevans
from a linguistics point of view, "corruption" should only be used where a recorded form (not a form in regular use) degrades the data (e.g. when an OCR program or copyist records an "e" as a "c", or an "s" as an "e" for example; or when a list accidentally truncates a name to a form not actually in use).
This message was edited 5/13/2021, 7:07 AM
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Good point, though even then I think "mistaken" or "erroneous" would be better than "corruption", which can be interpreted as if there was a bad motive on the part of whoever "corrupted" the name.
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