Here's a question for someone will good access to a complete OED, something I don't have at present: why, or perhaps more accurately, how was it that the word in English for the thing that surrounds a field, yard or garden and the genteel play of swords both came to be called "fencing"? Do they have things in common or is this a coincidence?
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
