I am sure Cedarwolf and I could list many far worse irregularities in the language. I for one will take you conclusion as a fun hyperbole. Nonetheless, I will also turn it on its head: With 500,000 words, all derived from the keenest observation of reality by millions of minds in the past, it is a miracle of exacting identification and expression, a link to the human experience keeping us all sane. ::::: Opera :::::