Shall we agree on "risibly neat" Doug? - But I am intrigued by the possibilities of PN - according to Wikipedia it can mean at least 19 things, of which I choose: Programmer's Notepad; Proto-Norse; Post Newtonian; Pseudorandom number sequence and p-n junction in electronics: My PN is definitely one of those, I think? mj Wenn die ganze Zivilisation zum Teufel ginge - ich würde es nicht bedauern; nur um die Musik tät' es mir leid. Leo Tolstoy ----- Original Message ----- From: Douglas Barbour To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 6:03 PM Subject: Re: snap But not derisive, quite. Neat Doug On 22-Apr-09, at 9:23 AM, Martin Walker wrote: > Snap - derivative > > Pan's > sap 'n > naps > span > as PN - > snap > 'n asp > p.s. - na > > > > > Wenn die ganze Zivilisation zum Teufel ginge - ich würde es nicht > bedauern; > nur um die Musik tät' es mir leid. > Leo Tolstoy > Douglas Barbour [log in to unmask] http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ Latest books: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 Wednesdays' http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2008/03/new-from-aboveground-press_10.html There's the wind and the rain And the mercy of the fallen Who say they have no claim to know what's right Dar Williams