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Old June 20th 13, 02:23 PM posted to uk.transport.london
e27002 e27002 is offline
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On 16 June, 12:33, Recliner wrote:
e27002 wrote:
On 15 June, 16:22, Recliner wrote:
e27002 wrote:
On 15 June, 09:37, Recliner wrote:
e27002 wrote:
On 15 June, 08:29, Roland Perry wrote:
In message
, at
15:52:46 on Fri, 14 Jun 2013, e27002
remarked:


Spend some time in London; you will become accustomed to the
vernacular.


For locals it always used to be "going up to town" for the West End etc.


Correct Roland.


This is getting really silly. For example, what do you suggest Boris should
have said when he was quoted as aiming to make "London the 'greatest city
on earth'".


Or look at this book's
title:http://www.amazon.co.uk/Johnsons-Lif.../dp/0007418930


How would you re-write this blurb for his book: "London is special. For
centuries, it has been amongst the greatest cities of the world. But a city
is nothing without its people. This sparkling new history of London, told
through a relay-race of great Londoners shows in one, personality-packed
book that the ingenuity, diversity, creativity and enterprise of London are
second to none."


Surely you wouldn't pedantically complain that the City of London is only a
small place with few residents, and therefore London isn't one of the
world's great cities?


If you want to have a conversation, cut the rudeness and personal
attacks.


Ah, I promise never to call you ignorant, your remarks snide, or call you
rude. But then, I never have, and nor have I made comments about your
intelligence. So perhaps you'd care to respond to my perfectly polite query
about how you'd like to correct the mayor of London's description of
London? It's obviously a subject you understand better than him or me.


You do not consider "presumably you were on the run from the cops,
debt collectors or
*cuckolded husbands?" rude, crude and vulgar?


You "conciliatory" post fails the sincerity test, by a wide margin.


I was entirely sincere in promising never to descend to your level.


Quoteon the run from the cops, debt collectors or
cuckolded husbands?/quote is way below my level SoB.