@DocZoppaII: > Wow, for the first time in my life I've hit a true cultural barrier. I saw your reply and began searching various dictionaries. And *Gasp a true life paperbound dictionary here at home. Defence is the british English, or "True English" way of spelling it. In American English or "Relaxed English" it is spelled Defense. That's craziness. Really, I have never seen it spelled as "Defense", I have always known it as Defence.