<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Always heard that "whippen" was an older = spelling of "wippen."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>My American Heritage dictionary has neither = term, so I guess they are both wrong ... I'm going to call these devices = "weaslegracks" from now on ... <EM>starting a new tradition!</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>