Skarpi,

Thank you, thank you. I have had some German and a lot of Latin, in junior and senior high school. Even though they may not be related, I was able to "read" a little bit of what you wrote. Not quite sure of the pronunciation, though. Do you have an Icelandic keyboard with those symbols on it?

Marlor: for me, it would be "gatta". I also had some Spanish and musical Italian while taking violin and piano lessons. Because I love cats so muhc, I've always loved the name of the city in California: El Gato.

My niece, her husband, and 3 yr old son live in Italy right now. Have for about 4 yrs. Her son talks to the neighbors and they say Ciao (sp?) to him all of the time, so....he thinks that is their name! I've always thought of that as strictly an Italian word. When my husband was working in Venezuela, ciao is what everyone there used for saying "goodbye".

This is just great. Thanks, again, everyone!

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