For anyone with an interest in attitudes to regional British accents over the last twenty five years--Judy, for example-- here's an excerpt from today's "Scotsman" article about the Iranian Embassy Siege, which began on April 30, 1980. Fairweather was a senior officer in the SAS: All the troops were there by early evening, ready to put their years of training to deadly effect. Only then did Fairweather receive a call from an official in the Cabinet Office with orders to move. "We=B9re already there," he told them with some satisfaction. "He asked for the commanding officer, which, technically, was myself as Mik= e Rose had gone off ahead. But he didn=B9t believe me because of my strong Scottish accent. He demanded, =8CFetch me a proper officer.=B9 David Ritchie Portland, Oregon ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html