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   From: nospam@yahoo.com   
      
   Duggy wrote:   
   > On May 27, 11:23 pm, Howard Brazee  wrote:   
   >> On 27 May 2007 04:04:54 -0700,Duggy wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> "Episode 4: A New Hope" never appeared on any version of the films.   
   >>> The words "Episode 4: A New Hope" did.  Only they used roman   
   >>> numerals, not a number.  Neither of which are words.   
   >> Just curious - what is the definition of "word" that excludes Roman   
   >> numerals?   
   >   
   > "a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their   
   > written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of   
   > meaning."   
   >   
   > Roman numerals do not represent sounds, they represent numbers.   
   >   
   > I, II, III, IV, V are said "1, 2, 3, 4, 5" not "Aye, Aye Aye, Aye Aye   
   > Aye, Ivy, Vee."   
      
   I thought they were said unus, duo, tres, quattuor, quinque.  Or one, two   
   three, four, five.   
      
   C'Pi   
      
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