Ok here is the site: http://www.capoeiraangolaacupe.org/ for some reason, the place from whence I took the text http://www.geocities.com/capoeira.angola_do_acupe/home.htm displayed characters correctly, but my version does not. do I need to use special characters (& stuff) or is it my server or.... what am I doing wrong? thanks again (confusing!) Erika