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The parentheses

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In the beginning of his discussion of de Groot, Simon Garfield (see References) tells the reader teasingly

... the Dutch type designer Luc(as) de Groot tells me why he began to spell his name with parentheses. It is a few days after his forty-sixth birthday, and there is still a little cake left, decorated with his name in dry capital sans serif letter biscuits from Russia. I eat a piece of parenthesis and an a.

And that's all he says about them. --Thnidu (talk) 03:56, 25 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Enough sources now?

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With the citations I've added (Garfield, Middendorp), can the "needs verification" banner be removed? --Thnidu (talk) 04:18, 25 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've decided it can. --Thnidu (talk) 22:14, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]