Thank you Mike. Since the back of the shop is a work room, "front door" sounds very sensible. I think it is better to take an educated guess because some readers, in this case for example, would have no knowledge of just what a Chandler's shop is. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 11:45 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Help! Sue Based on context you've provided, if I were editing the book, I would change that to "front door". This leads me to ask a general question of those reading this. Given the uncertainty of what those scrambled letters stand for, is it a better procedure to take an educated guess or leave things status quo leaving it to the reader to make an interpretation? I can see arguments on both sides; wonder if there is any consensus!