Dear Roy, As a native-born Yorkshireman myself, may I respectfully suggest that there are times when it is better to refer to a spade as a "personal earth-moving device". Regards, Tim Pickard Ottawa, Canada

"tpickard" <tpickard@sympatico.ca> wrote..... > As a native-born Yorkshireman myself, may I respectfully suggest that > there are times when it is better to refer to a spade as a "personal > earth-moving device".> I cannot think what you mean! No political correctness here, I hope? Roy Stockdill (Editor, Journal of One-Name Studies) SoG Executive & Director of Projects, FFHS Guild of One-Name Studies:- www.one-name.org Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History:- www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html Never ask a man if he comes from Yorkshire. If he does he will tell you, if he does not why humiliate him? - Canon Sydney Smith