--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Rod McFadden <rgmcf at y...> wrote: Rod: > If 'lateness' needs to be changed to 'tardiness', surely 'hosepipe' needs to become 'hose' in OOP. Geoff: Well, we tend to use "hosepipe" to distinguish it from Dumbledore's socks..... :-)