Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 12:15:45 EST From: Vicki Rosenzweig Subject: Re: boot and bonnet I think those are standard British usages (I'm basing this mostly on old mystery novels, though, not conversational data or recent writings). Vicki Rosenzweig vr%acmcr.uucp[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]murphy.com New York, NY