[quote]Heres a twist on one, Our youngest had her friend to tea, she is learning English in school and asked what the various cutlery items are called, so we did glass, plate,knife ,fork......she gasped and ...[/quote] As far as I know, fork is not a swear word in French, well not that one anyway but be careful when talking about kissing people, use the verb instead of the noun and you could be in for a sore face We were near Montpelier recently in an aquarium, we were invited to come and watch the phoques!! I was please to find that we had been directed towards the seal pool. for feeding time