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
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