Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to Paul Quinn:   
      
   PQ>  Caps?  China cups.  Yes.  I used to have my own (favourite)   
   PQ>  cup and saucer in my teenaged years.   
      
   ak>  It is interesting how it sounds in Australia?   
      
      
             Seems to me Paul was pointing out what I used to call a "wrong word"   
   error (abbreviated "w/w") in marking junior high school compositions.   
      
             When you've made a typo or whatever, you often find it yourself upon   
   further reflection.  What I see him doing here is basically what I'd have done   
   in such a situation... i.e. call attention to the word you used & say "I think   
   you mean xxx."  If either of us had corrected your spelling in accordance with   
   what we thought you wanted to say without any further comment you and/or other   
   readers might be unaware that "cap" is a perfectly good English word too.  :-)   
      
             Vowel sounds may differ from one language to another, and in English   
   they may vary from one dialect to another.  But all of the Aussies I've met in   
   person distinguish between the short "a" & the short "u" just as I would.  ;-)   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
    * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)