Beth and Melissa: Your recent entries regarding spelling and pronunciation quandries made me smile, too! I remember the teacher who made me constantly sound out "wash"...without the "r"... and made me find the word "possum" in the dictionary (took me FOREVER since I had never heard it said with an "o"!)... :-) Hey, "axe" me no questions, I'll tell you no lies! Jo-Ann <grin> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------