Thanks Dale. That is fascinating reading. I have been hesitant to click on links when I have a slow connection and am using my text browser because after waiting forever I get the message "this site needs frames"; but the information on that site was perfectly clear without any "high tech". I notice that they refer to the phrase "the beans are not salty" showing up as far away as French colonies in the India Ocean. Sigh, maybe someday I will get up of my ol' rusty dusty and look over some of these Islands. They are not so far away. In fact some school kids go to them for their practical French speaking experience.

Murray