Compare the first letter to the S in Sponsor which is more or less a right slant. The second letter is then very much like an h as in This
Sorry, I can’t agree. As far as we can see the top of the
S in
Sponsors, it is different from this letter, which is clearly looped at the top.
If the second letter were
h, the main downstroke on the left would be longer, long enough to sit on the line (as with the
h in
this,
third,
John, etc.), but this one isn’t sitting on the line. Granted it’s a subtle distinction, but it’s enough to persuade me that it’s not a letter
h but part of a capital letter
K.
The
k in
McLuskie, though lower-case, has the same form, with that extra kick at the end. Otherwise, counting the penstrokes carefully, you would have to read that name as
McLushue, which isn’t likely.
