IS MY HANDWRITING TOO SLOPPY FOR YOUR EYEBALLS? HERE'S THE TEXT OF THE ABOVE CARD ... JOHN MORSE / PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER / WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY / 47 FEDERAL STREET / P.O. BOX 281 / SPRINGFIELD, MA 01102 / JOHNNY, JOHNNY, JOHNNY -- AS PER DOGGED REQUEST, I FINALLY GOT AROUND TO READING THIS BOOK OF YOURS. SINCE WE'RE SUCH GOOD FRIENDS, I'M SURE YOU'LL WANT MY FULL CANDOR. TO BE HONEST, I FOUND IT A RATHER DRY READ. THERE'S NO PLOT TO SPEAK OF, THE PATTERN IS PREDICTABLE, AND IT'S FULL OF ALL SORTS OF HIGH-FALUTIN [HI-FUH-LOOT-N] WORDS THAT YOU JUST STUCK IN THERE TO SOUND SMART. FOR INSTANCE, I TAKE UMBRAGE (NOUN) WITH THE WORD "STICKTOITIVENESS". THAT'S NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF LITTLE WORDS STUCK TOGETHER TO SOUND LIKE A BIG WORD. I COULD GO ON, BUT WHY? THANKS FOR THE SCHWA THOUGH. I LOVE THE SCHWA! P.S. ON SALADS, DO YOU PREFER TURNIPS OR RADISHES? ME, I'M A RADISH MAN.