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> From: "George Huxtable" 

> Bill, imagine yourself into the place of a Brazilian or a Scandinavian
> who, translating dictionary in hand, tries to understand this
> sentence-
>
> "I went through the trauma of the sea monkey kit being brine shrimp in
> my youth."

Excellent point George, and one I will keep in mind.  In fact, Frank jogged
my memory and I believe in my youth the brine shrimp were actually sold as
"seahorses" then later as "sea monkeys."  Even that reference changes
depending on age. Not that it helps cross-cultural communications.

Along the same lines, I Googled "Hyperborean Sea" for a quarter of an hour
to find its location before I concluded it was a historical reference.  A
footnote would have been a help to me. Nonetheless, the gist of message did
come through:
--A land surveyor/explorer can do a lot more than lay out subdivisions.
--The mouth of Mackenzie's river was not on the Pacific Ocean.

I think we sufficiently discussed the rightness or wrongness of UK vs. USA
spelling a long back. 

I'll try to keep my offbeat sense of humor under control.

Bill


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