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It's because I type pretty quickly but have an Achille's heel about brackets for some reason. Sorry! If it's any consolation, I drive the sub-editors at my usual publishers mad with it. Tortilla is pronounced 'tor - tee- ya' isn't it (with not too much stress on the 'y' sound)? However...

Yes, but in the UK it was largely confined to sweet innocent pasttimes such as ringing doorbells and then running away (ah the days of childhood - and in any case, why confine that sort of activity to one night in the year? ;)). Interestingly, the places where the Halloween tradition is still...

Maybe she was pointing out that Halloween is still three weeks away, so why have you got your decorations up already? ;) Sorry, Bob, I'm not intending to belittle what sounds like a pretty cool display. It's purely a Brit's instinctive reaction - we don't make a particularly big deal out of...