On 11/29/05 5:38 PM, "Dr. Ron Dutcher" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I have no doubt that you are in some way > related to Samuel Clemens, but not a descendent. Many members on the list > take that difference entirely too seriously. Dr. Ron; that is a funny comment, and possibly even true. PS-- I have heard that some doctors are entirely too serious about the differences between heartburn and heart attacks. Is that true? PSS-- most of the members of this list are English teachers, so words are our main stock in trade. I was glad to see someone beat me to the punch already this morning with Twain's delightful lightning-bug quote, meaning that apparently even old Clemens himself was at times "entirely too serious" about word choice!! Blessings, Harold K. Bush, Ph.D Saint Louis University