i at no point said that i was upholding myself as the pinnacle of polite perfection, dear lady, and i believe i was addressing malcom when i prayed he not go on.

you've held me to be objective and subjective in opposite order to actuality.

that's quite all right, as we hardly know each other, how could you tell?

at any rate, the issue within this thread is about what national traits do constitute 'britishness', isn't it? *or something like* it's not been suggested that it's about MY nationality...has it?

hardly the point, then.

*caiti*