Weclome, lagunaman - is the beach as glorious as ever?

> But alas, language is so organic.

Funny you should say that - it's what makes language other than mere dull code for my taste. The organic reflection of changing human need for communication gives language its breath, its spirit, its harmonics and plangent resonances, its rich and varied layers of subtlety, its striking colours and scents of long-buried memories... my 2c, of course, YRMV (he said limply)