I fessed up and admitted that I really didn't know what meadia meant, but if it was Latin it would be four syllables. ============== Hi, Jim's rule of thumb is pretty good. Years ago as an altar boy I was trying to learn prayers in Latin. I asked about pronunciation and the preist told me somethink like, "Latin is a dead language, pronounce the words anyway you want and no one can correct you." Then, he urged me to concentrate on speed rather than pronunciation. Joe