On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Mia McDavid wrote: >I believe I understand you! Milady is perspicacious. It is indeed an honor to have my humble words accepted by one so noble as yourself. > You would have us all speak in elegant and elevated diction, >suitable for use in court and among those of fine sensibility. Indeed, it is as you have the honor to say. >Truly, I love you for this idea, and would be honored to play my >small part in it. It is too much for me to dare to hope that others in this forum might perhaps be tempted to respond in kind. Except, of course, for that Easterner, Steven Brust, who I understand is required in these sorts of situations to hold his face in his hands and moan words along the lines of "I have created a *monster*".