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   J. P. Gilliver (John) to All   
   Re: Cannot recognise Latin word in recor   
   20 Mar 22 17:06:49   
   
   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On Sun, 20 Mar 2022 at 16:57:10, Chris Pitt Lewis    
   wrote (my responses usually FOLLOW):   
   >On 20/03/2022 16:13, Geoff wrote:   
   >> Could someone please tell me what this Latin word is and means.   
   >>  Many thanks in advance.   
   >   
   >It is "widd", i.e. widow. So English, not Latin; the line through the   
   >dd indicates that it is abbreviated.   
      
   Agreed, see my other post.   
   >   
   >I didn't think it was possible to send a jpg attachment to this   
   >newsgroup. How did you manage it?   
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   Some newsservers do allow attachments, sometimes only below a certain   
   size; some don't for their own users, but sometimes pass on such posts   
   if received from their peers rather than their users.   
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