On Sat, 24 Aug 2002, Steven Brust wrote: #Everyone on this list ought to know that Jno. is Johnathan. That is, I #*hope* everyone here reads Patrick O'Brian. Jo<>nathan has no "h" after the "o". -- I don't. Should I? No, cancel that question, your reply is obvious; make it, Why should I? (Not a challenge, a real question.) Is he the author of the Aubrey/Maturin series? If so, what I lack is time. -- Mark A. Mandel