<The best way to use an acronym is to use the phrase first in a post and then initials later in the post.> Thanks, Pat, for reminding us. These posts (many of them American English idioms) have just made me think "What if Gonneke (or Esther, or someone from France or Spain, etc.) were to decide to use a German (Hebrew, French, Spanish etc.) idiom, reduce it to an acronym, and then use it in her post without explanation? Sure would block communication to me! Jean ************* K. Jean Cotterman RNC, IBCLC Dayton, Ohio USA *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html