that or which

One final language question before bed. I get cheesed off with my spell check because it queries my use of the word "which" all the time. If I write "The events which were about to take place were to have a major impact", the spell check rejects it, claiming that in defining relative cluses only "that" is acceptable. "Which" is strictly for non-defining clauses. Is this right? Is it a difference between British or American English? Or is Windows just inventing its own rules?
Nos da etc
Jamie

eats shoots and leaves

I've got an apostrophe question. I had a translation today about cheese made from the milk of goats. Bloggers, do I need an apostrophe, and if so, where? I.e. is it:

goats' cheese (does the cheese belong to the goats?)

goat cheese (is the cheese made of goats?)

goats cheese (compound noun - first element usually singular)

goat's cheese (does the cheese belong to a specific goat?)

Google searches came up with hundreds of hits for all of them.

All help gratefully accepted.

Kalhnyxta se olous, good night each and nos da i chi gyd

Jamie

the world's cheesiest

I have today received the world's cheesiest email. It is so bad, I have to share it with the world. Clench your buttocks firmly. Place a bucket near to your computer and read on.

Subject: FW: The BoxI received this from a friend who had a choice to make.It said that I had a choice to make too. I've chosen.Now it's your turn to choose.The story goes that some time ago a mother punishedher 5 year old daughter for wasting a roll ofexpensive gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and she became even more upset whenthe child used the gold paper to decorate a box to putunder the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box toher mother the next morning and said, "This is foryou, Momma."The mother was embarrassed by her earlierover-reaction, but her anger flared again when sheopened the box and found it was empty. She spoke to her daughter in a harsh manner. "Don'tyou know, young lady, when you give someone a present there's supposed to be something inside the package?"The little girl had tears in her eyes and said, "Oh,Momma, it's not empty! I blew kisses into it until itwas full." The mother was crushed. She fell on herknees and put her arms around her little girl, and she begged her forgiveness for her thoughtless anger. An accident took the life of the child only a short time later, and it is told that the mother kept that gold box by her bed for all the years of her life.Whenever she was discouraged or faced difficult problems she would open the box and take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there. In a very real sense, each of us, as human beings,have been given a Golden box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family and friends.There is no more precious possession anyone could hold. You now have two choices: 1. Pass this on to your friends, or 2. Delete it and act like it didn't touch your heart. As you can see, I took choice No. 1. Friends are like angels who lift us to our feet, when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

On the subject of cheese, has anyone noticed that the sick bags on easyjet flights are sponsored by a film developing company? If you choose not to vomit in the bag, you can use it instead to send off your films to be developed. It bears the memorable marketing slogan "Don't be sick. Sind your film to quickpic". Marvellous.

Kalhnyxta se olous, nos da i chi gyd and good night to everyone,

Jamie

More help needed

Hi. I am also looking to see if anyone has any info on something I read lately on the Net. The article I read claimed that there was a greater affinity between Germanic and Celtic civilisation than is sometimes assumed, and was largely based on the similarity of a Celtic form "tud", meaning something like "people" or "nation", and the word "teutonic". Basing any argument on one word is a bit tenuous, I know, but it sounded interesting, at least. Anyone know any useful links?
Ta, folks,
Jamie

Any info

Hi. Am looking for any info on use of Welsh language in England, particularly in Herefordshire, Shropshire etc. I know the language was still used up until the 19th? century at least. Can't find anything on Net to help. Any info gratefully accepted. Ta a lot.
Night night,
Jamie

Here we go again?

I noticed today that I seem to be reading the word "Iran" more and more often lately. On the Net. In the newspapers. Is it my imagination?
Good night each, kalh nyxta se olous a nos da i chi gyd