Chris Scott paused, thought it over, and spoke thusly: >Is it actually considered "derogatory"? Or just -- inappropriate? >Or -- dumb? Hmmm, as I mentioned to Tarik, it was the benign nature of its usage that prompted me to respond. The whole 'issue' is murky.. a bit like Louis Armstrong's quote related to being asked, "What is jazz?", to which he replied [more or less] "If you have to ask, you'll never know." ~flipper