>> "Vez" obviously is of Spanish derivation. >The spelling perhaps, but not the spoken word, if my memory serves me >correctly. Well, the Z in Spanish is not pronounced as [z], of course. But it's not the only place where, in a choice between spoken and written recognizability, an IAL goes with the written. Bruce R. Gilson email: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] IRC: EZ-as-pi WWW: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/3141 (for language stuff: add /langpage.html)