Hi everyone! This Dever/Dover thing has been on mind. As I have stated, I have heard it pronounced Dever, but only by one cousin. Other than that I have always thought is was pronounced as DOE-VER. But, I have to laugh, We have all heard (at least I think:) Tomato and Tom-ot-toe. Aunt and Ant, and so on. I can even say, that it depended on rather or not my Grandmother, had a chew of tobacco in her mouth, how things sounded different. Against all odds, that our ancestors could spell, speak perfect English, that the census takers, county clerks and so on, could do the same. Add in the variety of accents across the world, little less the USA. The trancribers, and old writing. ( a lot of odds aye) I am sure some of our Dovers have showed up under different spellings. Which ones at what times, is going to be our head ache. (darn it:) Ok, now I am going to go way off course, and post something I found interesting. Its off topic, but once its read I think you will understand why I am sending it to the list Read this sentence: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS. Now count aloud the F's in that sentence. Count them ONLY ONCE: DO NOT go back and count them again. See below... Answer below: ANSWER: There are six F's in the sentence. One of average intelligence finds three of them. If you spotted four, you're above average. If you got five, you can turn your nose at most anybody. If you caught six, you are a genius. There is no catch. Many people forget the "OF"'s. The human brain tends to see them as V's and not F's. Pretty weird, huh? D--OV--ER Ok, you can all laugh at me now:) But the above, has crossed my mind. If this is true. -- Happy Hunting:) Patricia Manson Dover Listmanager Alabama Listmanager ICQ # 35834412--IM pvmtrish http://www.myfreeoffice.com/treeshaker/