Without reiterating Mike Frank's comments in their entirity, the question is for me, where the general principles of signification end before cultural specifics begin. You can only generalize so much before you cease to say anything at all. (And that's NOT an attack on Mr. Frank, just my own rule of thumb) _____________________________________________________________________________ Mikel J. Koven Department of Folklore Memorial University of Newfoundland [log in to unmask] ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]