Arye (?) said

Can anyone tell me what HMV stands for?

Yes it stands for His Master's Voice and it's logo is a little dog looking into the big trumpet of a gramophone. I suppose the idea is that the recordings on HMV gramophone records were so good that the little doggy could even recognise his master's voice recorded on one. Quite sweet really. Unless his master said "Fetch me my slippers!" or "Walkies!" - then I suppose the dog would get slightly confused. Oh well, dogs are daft anyway. Robin +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+