The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #78263   Message #1407294
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
12-Feb-05 - 12:54 PM
Thread Name: BS: Charles to marry Camilla
Subject: RE: BS: Charles to marry Camilla
"Ah you're American!!"

Surely a remark like that's assumes the continuing reality of the person addressed? And that cannot apply in the case of an essentially evanescent presence like that of whoever might have made a oarticular post as a nameless GUEST.

I know that sometimes it is easy to assume that the same person is making these posts, but there are no real grounds for that. That's why it's perhaps better to limit replies to posts with some kind of name attached.