I got that wrong -- I meant "scrap paper". I didn't think the spare paper students are given in exams here (which is regulated as in the GRE) was called "scratch paper" (but can't remember what we called it) but I see it sometimes is. Thursday, May 12, 2005, 8:53:16 PM, Paul Stone wrote: PS> I always thought "scratch paper" was a decidedly "British" expression. I've PS> heard FOUR people say it in my life and ALL have been from the UK. Maybe PS> the person who wrote the handbook was offshore. -- mailto:judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html