B Anderson wrote:

> Who is "if"? Who is "apud"? What are these funny names you have
> for people.

Thank you for asking. "if" (sic) is the sig of a poster in this thread. 
"Apud" is part of Jim Breen's droll Latin for "so-and-so wrote:", but I 
didn't clock it first time round, and just took it for part of the name 
of the poster.

I hope that clarifies things.

John
http://rarebooksinjapan.com