yael: > Although, i must admit, i have no octopuses around i can gargle... > People! It's *octopi*! *Octopi*! The multiple of "octopus" is "octopi", not "octopuses". Just like "cacti", not "cactuses", "hippopotomi", not "hippopotomuses", etc, etc, etc. Why is this so hard to grasp? Emily/MC