London, UK, 14-03-01, 10:15 GMT

I would like to keep this as pure and simple as I feel it is. Anu, congratulations on this happy (very happy) anniversary, and thank you for providing the perfect playground for this unruly band of children who only want to play with words. I, for one, am enjoying every game and every discovery. As to the other children, I thank you all for making me feel so welcome from the moment I joined the board a few short months ago. You are a bunch of amazing, interesting, funny and helpful people, who often astonish me with your (collective) arcane knowledge on words and word-related issues. Thanks again.

Marianna