This is my method, also learned from family canning ( fruit not my little brother <img src="images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> ) As for spelling? Daniel Webster took a language with an amusing set of 'rules' and further colored ( coloured) the situation. My Anglican schoolmistress merely insisted we learn both spellings. This actually increased my talents, much like ambidextrous and multi lingual children. I now mutilate words in two systems. <img src="images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />