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Again, *big* thanks for your help here.

Um, yeah, since y'all call canned ANYTHING "tins" or "tinned" I'm guessing you adopted the worms expression from us, heh.

Except beer... wouldn't have a tin of beer, it'd be a can. The same, now I come to think of it, is true of soft drinks. And I think we'd have a 'canning factory', because we definitely wouldn't have a 'tinning factory'. Hmm.

The British say "I have SO (got ___)" whereas Americans say "I do TOO (have ____)

Interesting that you say that - I think of the "I have SO got..." construction as an import! For more indisputably British usage, I'd go with "(Oh), yes I have (or Oh, yes, I do)". Shame we haven't got an equivalent of the German 'doch' as a contradictory positive.

I wish we'd kept 'gotten' (much more euphonious than 'got') and had an equivalent of 'y'all', so useful!

Anyway, I've edited the Swan story, hope it works properly now. Pity I had to lose the 'pecking'...

I'd be most grateful to have your input on 'Broken' whenever you have the time - I think anything posted on the web is capable of being a 'work in progress'. Meanwhile, I'll look over it bearing in mind your hints above.

Cheers!