M from the Semitic mem (water). It has been written as various types of wavy and zig-zag lines for thousands of years. As a roman numeral it stands for 1,000. (Rose Folsum)
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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mem: those are my initials!
How cool is that? Let me guess... is it Elizabeth??? :)
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