Dear Roz, Since I last wrote to you, Wendy has found this wonderful discourse on 'Rules of thumb' written by Michael Quinion.
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-rul1.htm We subscribe to Michael Quinion's World Wide Words newsletter that he sends (free) by email each week � it is a wordmonger's delight. Cheers, Pat Naughtin Geelong, Australia
