Incidentally, I remember (from the late 80s/early 90s) the humorous term for 'de-gaying' one's home was 'straightening up'. Lynne Dr M Lynne Murphy Lecturer in Linguistics Department of Linguistics and English Language Arts B133 University of Sussex Falmer Brighton BN1 9QN >>From UK: (01273) 678844 Outside UK: +44-1273-678844