<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> Carrol Cox wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid4382001A.358DB57E@ilstu.edu"> <pre wrap="">Ravi, if you were to sign yourself Horace Lowell, no one would ever guess that you were not a native writer of English.</pre> </blockquote> Well. So far as the compliment goes, I would say that this is true. But given the delicacy of expression and the subtelty of the humor, I might guess he was neither an American nor an Englishman. Joanna <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid4382001A.358DB57E@ilstu.edu"> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>