Hal Davis writes:

> Robbie,  Didn't we discuss this "metal xylophone" oxymoron six or
> seven months ago?  If we mean Bells, Glockenspiel, Chrysoglot, or
> whatever, we should say so.

This reminds me:  In the local elementary school, they do have
something that looks exactly like a "metal xylophone"; I learned that
it's correct name is "metallophone".  (It's even in the dictionary.)

Rick Inzero, Rochester, NY, rdi@cci.com

 [ Ah, the wonders of our dynamic languages, always changing.
 [ I've seen the word in German and French text, and now it's in
 [ the English dictionary.  I wonder which country the word came
 [ from?  -- Robbie