On 21 Feb 2003 at 9:59, Mark A Mandel wrote Date sent: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 09:59:41 -0500 From: Mark A Mandel <mam at theworld.com> Copies to: Draegara List <dragaera at dragaera.info> Subject: Re: Speaking of Vlad and Kiera To: mr1 > On Fri, 21 Feb 2003, Philip Hart wrote: > -- Well, let's > see. Cassell's Italian Dictionary, copyright 1958 - 1967. "dentista", > plural "dentisti", masculine noun, 'dentist'. I'd have to ask an > Italian-speaker whether a female dentist is "una dentista", with a > feminine article, or whether that is just WRONG WRONG WRONG. > According to my in-house Italian specialist, Signora Blanchard: male dentist = un dentista female dentist = una dentista Personally I don't call them anything. I just whimper in anticipated pain. M Michele Riccio mr1 at rcosta.com