diff --git a/src/numbers.cpp b/src/numbers.cpp
index ac3cbac9..a32e72e4 100644
--- a/src/numbers.cpp
+++ b/src/numbers.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /***************************************************************************
- *   Copyright (C) 2005 to 2013 by Jonathan Duddington                     *
+ *   Copyright (C) 2005 to 2014 by Jonathan Duddington                     *
  *   email: jonsd@users.sourceforge.net                                    *
  *                                                                         *
  *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
@@ -1167,6 +1167,9 @@ int TranslateRoman(Translator *tr, char *word, char *ph_out, WORD_TAB *wtab)
 	if(((tr->langopts.numbers & NUM_ROMAN_CAPITALS) && !(wtab[0].flags & FLAG_ALL_UPPER)) || IsDigit09(word[-2]))
 		return(0);    // not '2xx'
 
+	if(word[1] == ' ')
+		return(0);  // only one letter, don't speak as a Roman Number
+
 	word_start = word;
 	while((c = *word++) != ' ')
 	{
diff --git a/src/synthdata.cpp b/src/synthdata.cpp
index a660ea0d..74536e5e 100644
--- a/src/synthdata.cpp
+++ b/src/synthdata.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include "translate.h"
 #include "wave.h"
 
-const char *version_string = "1.48.01  01.Feb.14";
+const char *version_string = "1.48.02  02.Feb.14";
 const int version_phdata  = 0x014801;
 
 int option_device_number = -1;