re "Go to sleep my little Spanish onion" - must be a parody of "Go to sleep my little pickaninny", which my mother and all my aunts used to siing, adding various expressions from Yinglish ("Mommy's gonna spank you if you don't - patch, patch patch...." By the way, does anyone know whether there is a digest version available for this list? I did send the question to the address specified in the instructions, but so far no answer.... Judith ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%