On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 20:43:18 GMT, Jose
wrote:

Barbarians at the door!

What are we going to do when we need words that actually =mean= things?

Steer with an even hand if you must go there. Down that course lie
the Scylla of the French Academy and Charybdis of the Ministry of
Truth.

Don (Who's not sure that metaphor doesn't need some more work.)