In article <3366 at newton.praxis.co.uk> mph at praxis.co.uk (Martin Hanley) writes: >Sorry, but perSON is not allowed either - it implies a male >descendant. (The word should, of course, be perkin :-) No, that doesn't work either, because "Perkin" reminds one of "Elmer" and Elmer is patently a male name.