At 16:02 2001-12-01 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >(As a side note, this "o-underbar" form reminds me of the "c-underbar" which >is sometimes used in handwritten English to mean "with." Does anyone know >the origin of this symbol? Is it possibly derived from the Latin word cum, >meaning "with"? Does it have any claim to being a character in its own >right?)
I don't know about c-underbar, but in medical documents (at least in the US) the c with a bar above does indeed mean "with" and is derived from the Latin word cum. Adam --- http://EasyDomain.com/ Domains for less

