> >MAXI-TAXI--sign on top of a large taxi. OED should check NEXIS for this term. Maxi-Taxi is also the name of a taxi company in Johannesburg. Lynne -- M. Lynne Murphy Lecturer in Linguistics School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences University of Sussex Brighton BN1 3AN UK phone: +44(0)1273-678844 fax: +44(0)1273-671320