> Ask your "relatively authoritative sources" if they ever opened a Larousse > or Robert dictionary. If they answer yes, ask them what they observe... (;
http://www.larousse.net L'ENCYCLOP�DIE LAROUSSE KL�IO 2001 and Le Dictionnaire de l'�conomie de A - Z advertised on the home page. The Collins Robert French Dictionary, 1987, p. 239, entry: "�cosse, nf Scotland" --Ken
