> > Haven't yet found another online-dictionary (know of > another one I can use? I actualy don't LIKE M-W...:) > Try www.refdesk.com for a nice consolidation of reference links. I have been following this discussion with great enjoyment and fascination. Christopher Stashef had an interestingly, twistly discussion on this topic, involving symbols related to language and communication, in "King Kobold." I'll have to dig it up and enjoy it again. Alan (the other one) ----------------- "Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come."