"Perhaps my vocabulary is a bit more sophisticated than that which you are accustomed."

Sophisticated: Articial, not genuine or natural; lacking in natural simplicity; disingenuous; worldly wise. (The Univeral Dictionary of the English Language, Wyld and Partridge, published London 1957.)

That does not mean, moonchild, that I am accusing you of any of these things. It is merely to explain why I would hate it if my vocabulary were ever to be described as sophisticated.

But lets not get into trading definitions and suchlike tomfoolery. I posted my comment partly because I felt uneasy at the use of the word "integrity" in this context, but primarily because I did not feel that the post which you were criticising had in fact in any way damaged the quality of the discussion on this thread. Having read Bonnie's response, my impression is that you have come to the same conclusion. So we are agreed on the main point.

And aside from that, I think what you have said has been both interesting and valid. There should never be any sense that the formal and the informal are in opposition.