<But I wonder whether this should move on to being a private correspondance only?
Quite. Or alternatively discontinued? (My preference). Trust me, the plural is Bordune (except in the dative). Anyone wishing to explore Mr Körner's odd theories (Scandinavian influenced? See "enclitic definite article") is of course free to do so. chirs To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html