>Jo, that is quite a site. Baby-cham? Strange name.
Yes, Babycham is/was Perry - from Apples you get cider, from pears, perry - for a while Babycham (with a rather large advertising budget) was successful.
>I notice they have both syphon and siphon--the latter being how it is spelled here.
I think we use syphon rather than siphon
Syphon (n.) See Syphon
aaaaargh!
http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~ralph/OPTED/v003/wb1913_s.html> I am also curius about All our products are tested at point of dispatch... I feel sure I've seen it Brit-spelled despatch.
I'm not sure, here's a definition:
(from Cambridge International Dictionary of English)
dispatch, despatch
verb [T]
to send (esp. goods or a message) somewhere for a particular purpose
Two loads of woollen cloth were dispatched to the factory on December 12th.
(humorous) If food is dispatched it is all eaten quickly and eagerly.
Well, we dispatched that pizza without too much trouble!
(humorous) If a person is dispatched he or she is killed.
In the film's last five minutes our handsome hero manages to dispatch another five baddies.
dispatch, despatch
noun
Temporary staff have been employed to help with the dispatch of extra mail. [U]
A special dispatch of food and clothing was flown to the refugees this morning. [C]
A dispatch can be a newspaper report sent by someone in a foreign country, often communicating war news, or it can be an official, often military report.
In her latest dispatch Clare Duggan, our war correspondent, reported an increase in fighting.
/Sergeant Havers was mentioned in dispatches (=highly praised) for his courage.
(formal dated) If someone does something with dispatch they do it quickly and effectively.
In Britain, the dispatch box is the box on a table in the House of Commons which important politicians stand next to when they are making speeches.
(British) A dispatch rider is someone who travels between companies riding a motorcycle or bicycle, delivering important documents and messages as quickly as possible. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=dispatch*1+0
