On 4 Mar 2001, at 13:01, John Grove wrote: > If 'o' is a definite article, could 'q' preceding 'o' be a plural > form. Yes, it could, or it could be "and the" as well. But this would shorten words starting with <qo> even further... Something to look at is the length distribution of those words starting with <qo> and compare it to those without. Cheers, Gabriel