At 10:11 AM 06-02-99 -0800, Sam Ismail wrote: It's even more important when the person sending the e-mail is into irony and the receiver isn't, or if local expressions have different meanings in different places (hint, Australian English differs from both English English (that I learnt when I was young (about 3 or 4, English is not my native tongue)) and American English (and all the other Englishes that exist)). Note, I think I got all the nested brackets right, my lisp ain't what it used to be :-) Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies(a)latrobe.edu.au Information Technology Services | Phone: +61 3 9479 1550 Fax: +61 3 9479 1999 La Trobe University | "If God had wanted soccer played in the Melbourne Australia 3083 | air, the sky would be painted green"