As a post script to my previous email, this IS to do with family research as it shows the way ancient languages fell into disuse, and the English we speak now bears  no relation to the English of the fourthteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth and even seventeenth centuries. Dorothy --- On Wed, 22/12/10, DAVID JONES <[email protected]> wrote: From: DAVID JONES <[email protected]> Subject: [POWYS] Abrevations To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 22 December, 2010, 16:50 Great, so to save money we have a new language. LOL I now know what it means & G for 'grin'. OK So how about a dictionary to guide oldies like me, then we could all translate & maybe all understand............Dave =================== Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm ------------------------------- 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