When I've seen the "c-underbar" in print, it has always meant "circa", as
in "circa 1800".
Jim
At 10:14 PM 2001-12-01 +0000 Saturday, Michael Everson wrote:
>>(As a side note, this "o-underbar" form reminds me of the "c-underbar" which
>>is sometimes used in handwritten English to mean "with." Does anyone know
>>the origin of this symbol? Is it possibly derived from the Latin word cum,
>>meaning "with"? Does it have any claim to being a character in its own
>>right?)
>
>I've never seen this in handwritten English. Cappelli's Dizionario di
>Abbreviature latine ed italiane shows several abbreviations for cum, none
>of which are a c with underbar.
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