John, Our language has become contaminated by the word "prolly" (meaning "probably")as a direct result of that bloke down in Oz, IE: Terry Lane using it all the time. Sorry about the confusion, but you know how those Aussies are! In my case I prolly need to shut down this computer and go work on my loose flue in the Filer and Stowell locomotive, but it is 43 degrees F outside right now and too cold for this Southern boy to be out there. Jesse > While we are all very much OT I'd like to dash in and ask what is the > meaning of the word "prolly". > I've seen it a couple of times on here but when I look in either Webster or > Oxford I cannot find it. So it's not American or English apparently. > John MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.