Or was it a typo - the 7 key and the & key are the same; I find I always have to check that I've hit the shift key sufficiently well or I end up with this typo:-). I would read it as "County & City of Dublin." At 11:19 AM 31/01/2007, you wrote: >True, but in the phrase I referred to, it was definitely a >mistranscription which should read 'County of the City of Dublin'. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Trish Loughman" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 1:12 AM >Subject: [IRL-DUBLIN-CITY] 7 in Irish documents > > >'7' is sometimes used in Irish documents to stand for 'and' - it was a >hang >over from the Irish language. > > >Trish >http://www.dublin1850.com > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message