This may be true, but unlike Tanach, the mesorah of the text of mishna is not well fixed. So you can't be m'dayek as easily in a given letter. Jeremy» So how can we ever know that l'shon Hazal did not have Pausals - EG gofen? We can know leisheiv instead of losheves, but what else can we say for sure? Shalom and Regards, RRW