Dave, I fail to see what that has to do with my "Enlish". You are entitled (though not encouraged, in the interests of your reputation) to play by your rules, I can play by mine. My last posts were meant to remind Snail that the two are incompatible, that's all.

The OP announced a discussion at a higher level, though admittedly, one need not be a native speaker to see that he was not being honest. Nobody here supported the exact claim of the thread title (apparently originally stated by JackTS), but that does not mean that the whole topic is nonexistent. The best Mudcat threads slowly drift to the vicinity of the OP's statement or question; this one takes totally unmotivated wide jumps to some posters' favourite topics such as homophobia. I for one refuse to follow.

I enjoy humorous threads in many different senses, and participate in the fun as often as possible. This one sadly lacks humour. Actually it contains only one joke: Musket's "since Jerk went quiet, we need a trainee martyr." I say I say, he could do better if he really tried.