On Jan 8, 2007, at 11:25 AM, i wrote: > ah, the famous chinese "foo dogs" or "fu dogs", depending on what > system you use for englishing the chinese. for what it's worth, it's "foo" over fu" on the web, 88,900 to 46,500 on google. arnold ------------------------------------------------------------ The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org