I just reviewed Mishnah Taanis in preparation for a possible siyyum and 2 modern terms came to mind... A Who first shortened "Marcheshvan" to just "Cheshvan"? B Who first shortened. "Honetz" to just "Neitz"? [The Heih is part of the shoresh] ZP RRW Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile [And "kesaqin" to "vasiqin"? -micha]