XPost: rec.arts.movies.past-films, rec.arts.sf.movies
From: howard@brazee.net

On 27 May 2007 06:42:53 -0700, Duggy  wrote:

>> Just curious - what is the definition of "word" that excludes Roman
>> numerals?
>
>"a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their
>written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of
>meaning."
>
>Roman numerals do not represent sounds, they represent numbers.
>
>I, II, III, IV, V are said "1, 2, 3, 4, 5" not "Aye, Aye Aye, Aye Aye
>Aye, Ivy, Vee."

And "Star Wars" doesn't represent sounds in the exact same way, it
represents words, not "Capital ess, tee, ai, are, space, Capital
double-you, ai, are, ess".

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