On 6 May 2011, at 16:07, Richmond Mathewson wrote: > Personally I always learn the short form for everything [ c.f. 'vis'] ...is that 'vis' as in face, the island of Vis, VIS the Bulgarian crime organisation, the Polish hand-gun, the abbreviation for vis-a-vis or the apostrophe-free state of being owned by one's Auntie Vivienne? ;-)