Matt Grimaldi wrote: > > You seem to be ignoring the > important fact of language, that words change in meaning, > pronunciation, and spelling over time, and that such changes > do not necessarily follow any strict logic. > I once heard that en's _black_ came from fr's _blanc_, which means [as exactly as natural languages allow] the opposite. Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l