Speaking of "better" words, why not just make one up. I was confronted with the following doozy today - an example of thesaurus- driven spanglish - and I must confess was rather charmed by it. ...merchants are inabilitated for online processing... Surprisingly enough, I always know exactly what this guy is talking about despite some of the words and constructions he uses - his attempts to convey meaning and his precision in capturing the essence of what's going on are usually very successful, if slightly unconventional. Margaret ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************