Bonnie Osborn Briggs <BBriggs at LATTE.MEMPHIS.EDU> writes: >>>>> I think that part of it is that the Bushs aren't originally from Texas. <<<<< Is that how you meant to pluralize "Bush" or was it a lapsus digiti? I would insert a /<schwa>/ and an <e> between the sibilants: "Bushes". -- Mark