GUEST Raggytash, you are labo(u)ring under a misconception. The language in which many of us here write, and of which you complain, is NOT English. It's American. American is pretty close to English, but not exactly the same. H. L. Mencken, the "Sage of Baltimore", in his seminal work, _The American Language_, made this case beyond peradventure of a doubt (IMNSHO) way back in the late 20s, I believe.

Dave Oesterreich