auto - marmalade can also be made from limes, which is my favourite! Well, next to Marmite that is. I'm usually ok with understanding Americanisms, having spent at least a fortnight on holiday there - had to get back home for a decent curry. However, I've recently got into reading novels by James Lee Burke and most are set in and around New Orleans. He uses words and phrases that are completely unknown to me and I just have to accept that I don't know what he is on about sometimes. I've worked out what a 'gunbull' is from the context but there are some offerings that I suspect even Americans from other parts of the US would struggle to interpret. If I had my Kindle to hand I'd give some other examples - in fact it now occurs to me that with the assistance of Mudcat I may be able to call on our US friends to do some intepreting when I get stuck!