Jacques Guy wrote: > Seriously now, m, or iiv, or iin, if it is m, occurs only > word-finally in the VMS, never word-initially. For the life > of me, I cannot think of a language which does that. I have wondered if these words might not be Roman numerals with the last "i" written with (or followed by) a decorative florish. That might explain the variable number of "i"s and why they are final. Bruce