TRex, here in Oz a cowcatcher would have never pushed a buffalo off the tracks. We are still talking about a train line from Alice Springs to Darwin, and have been for all my lifetime, which is the only area where it may push a water buffalo off the tracks.

But I did like one of the 51,200 google images - a cartoon which said, "I prefer to call it a cow exploder rather than a cowcatcher".

I think dialled is probably English spelling as I have always thought it was spelled with 2 l's, not one (I'm Oz). I didn't get the 1 'l' version.

As for spelling in English, it's interesting to read the history of English spelling. (I forget the link) It was not codified until well after the first English dictionary. Look up Shakespeare's will; he spells his surname 3 different ways.

The Germans take delight in mentioning that spelling competitions are weird. They suggest that a spelling competition in German would be as interesting as asking what number comes after 106. German is FONETIK!

Maybe it is just strine, or even a family word, but I have grown up thinking 'skun' (past irregular of 'to skin' - as in "skun like a rabbit") is a real word. But it wasn't allowed and wasn't in any dictionary I checked. Has anyone else heard of it?

I'm now in need of a Bex and a good lie down!

Alan, you did so well with 'onager', could I suggest another challenge. Is there a 9 or 10 letter word in which the letters are in alpha order so that the word appears in uppercase reading down the table.

I suggested hangi and (esp. as a vegetarian) am not very concerned as to when it is added. I am just pleased to have chihuahua and esp. chinchilla, both with so many bells and whistles, and ad free. THANK YOU ALAN!

And Alan, I went looking for a "target" puzzle in Spanish, and got a malware site. Are you interested in converting Chihuahua to Spanish?

And I'm waiting for a game when I can use ONAGER! The Age hasn't had one in all the years I have been doing them.

Just wondering how you write your websites. Chihuahua is one of the best sites I have used (and Thank you very much for it) and Couplecinos is good.

I set up my first website in 1997 using Notepad and now look after 5 sites, all with Notepad. One I inherited had Joomla (and a redirect virus) that was fixed by going back to Notepad!

Kensington is a bit out of my area but will remember Couplecinos.

Thank you both. Yes, it is Stanley. And thank you Alan, both for the welcome and for the site.

I maintain five websites, all done in Notepad and none as sophisticated as Chihuahua. I haven't seen many sites as good.

I tried to learn C programming years ago, passed the units but really failed as I never tried to use it again whereas html was OK. I haven't looked at real java, just java script.