On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Steve Simmons wrote: #My understanding of the situation is that the fine voluntary control #permits humans to produce a rich palate of sounds. However, this is #not in any way *required* for language. The thriving deaf communities #using sign language are a perfect counter-example. I enjoyed this post, and I won't add to it. But I have to ask: is "palate" for "palette" a deliberate pun? Intended or not, it's great! -- Dr. Whom, Consulting Linguist, Grammarian, Orthoepist, and Philological Busybody a.k.a. Mark A. Mandel