As the giant at the end of Jack's beanstalk liked to say: Fee fi fo fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman! I, on the other hand, smell a "very high probability" typo in Fo, which shows up 1,819 times in OhioLINK and 212 times in my own OPAC. When it is a typo, it usually means of or to or for. In many cases, though, Fo is part of a proper name, like that of Dario Fo, winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, or many Chinese people. FO is also a type of page layout software (Formatting Objects) and can stand for "financial officer," among other things. Whether friend or foe, you'll find a lot of these along the way, so take care not to commit another "fo pas" when clearing your database of this common typo. (Illustration is by Arthur Rackham.)Carol Reid
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