Don't worry about why those folks in the South are adding r's to their words. They're just rescuing the dropped r's from words in the NorthEast! Lisa "Farrand Families of Missouri and Illinois" http://pookie-baby.tripod.com/Farrand2000/index.html Rootsweb Posting http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=speshelkay