On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Simon Osborne <outspaced@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dawn of the Dragons > > (er) 38: running foul -> running afoul > > <http://www.projectaon.org/test/en/xhtml/lw/18dotd/sect38.htm> > > (If this last one seems out of place here, bear in mind that it affects a > number of the later books as well, so let's get a resolution and put this > issue to bed!) I'm about to dash out the door, so I'll respond to more later, but this idiom is OK as-is. Here's what dictionary.com has: 40. run foul / afoul of, to come into collision or controversy with: to run foul of the press. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/foul) -- Jon ~~~~~~ Manage your subscription at //www.freelists.org/list/projectaon