If you want to start a linguistic thread, what are you waiting for? Go ahead, start it. <laugh> I KNEW I would get that response if I poked my head out. :) As soon as my exams are over, and creative thinking becomes a little less painful, I'll start a new thread, promise. What kind of mailer are you using that appends all those MIME characters: Netscape's Mozilla, Microsoft Exchange. Please do something to redress this shortcoming as soon as possible. Sorry; who are you addressing? Me or Michael Coglan? - Sarah C.I. - [end of message ... text also available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go?choice=message&table=05_1997&mid=946151&hilit=CHOMSKY> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 05_1997&913566 Score: 80 Subject: Re: Kicked off list - why?