FYI -- here's a URL advocating avoidance of "hello," driven by a Christian folk-etymological analysis into "hell + o." Apparently, Kleberg County, Texas has officially adopted "heaveno" as a substitute greeting. One wonders how much currency it will ever gain.... http://www.kingsville.org/heaveno/ Greg Downing, at greg.downing at nyu.edu or gd2 at is2.nyu.edu