> The term "Sterling" is derived from the city of Stirling but
> the spelling
> has changed over the milenium since. Or so I've been told.
>
> Sterling is also the name of a welter weight boxer who went
> on to write for
> movies and TV most famously known for writing:
> "You're traveling to another dimension, a dimension not only
> of sight and
> sound... but of mind. A journey into a wonderous land, whose
> boundries ore
> onlw that of the imagination... You are entering the Twilight Zone."
>
Actually, (he said pedantically), that was Rod SERLING!
And, as for the Stirling/Sterling connection, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sterling_silver
for more discussion.
Have a great weekend!
Mike
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