Gordon, it looks like more people are interested in reading that treatise than you probably originally thought. It sounds like it might be worth having but I didn't want to bother you for a copy, especially since several people have been asking you for a copy every day since you made the offer. I remember you originally wrote that you would not post it to the list because it is too long. But I have seen other people break down long documents and post one part every day until the whole document had been posted. I'm sure the list manager, or anybody else, would not mind if you posted, say, 10 to 20 kb a day until the whole treatise was done. That way you'll save yourself from having to send a personal copy to dozens of people, perhaps for the next few months! And all those other people, such as me, who didn't want to bother you, could also get a copy. If the treatise really is too long even to be broken down into parts, maybe most people on this list are more interested in the part that deals with the parishes, rather than the part about the Scots language. Regards, Chris Green __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com