At the suggestion of someone who asked me off-list why I objected to "parlayed with a demon", I'm posting this. Just in case anyone wants to know. Fyres parlAyed a loan to build two or three ships into an enormous fraudulent business empire. A parlEy is a negotiation or other conversation with an enemy. The good guys parleyed with Grita above Deathgate falls. (For serious students of games of chance: "parlay" comes from "paroli", the system of doubling your bet every time you lose in roulette and other even-money games. It's a good way to parlay a small stake into a big one, and a better way to go broke. The word "parimutuel" is related, but I'll stop here.) Jerry Friedman also just corrected one of his bosses for saying "jerry-rig" __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com