<< Well, Latin, from which much of English, French, Italian, Spanish, etc originated, followed that convention, also. >> Oui, mon cher John ... but it seems that only German have not learnt from past mistakes ;o) ((Ok, ok ... vy low level on this one !)) "Si vis pacem, para bellum" "La meilleure des d�fenses, c'est l'attaque". 72! Claude