fnarf at comcast.net wrote: >> (That reminds me...How do Americans react to being called 'Yanks'?) > > Doesn't bother me. Neither does "Septics" for that matter (from "septic tanks"). > > How do you feel about being called a "bloody Pom"? ================== It's not meant in a derogatory sense--just to deflate one's ego. Pom = pompous. Julian Vein