On Friday, 21 June 2013 03:54:28 UTC-7, Recliner wrote:
On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:23:14 -0700 (PDT), e27002

wrote:



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.



So who were you on the run from?

Have you stopped beating your spouse yet?

You also are pretty mobile, from whom are YOU running?


And, more to the point, how would

you correct the mayor's description of London?

What makes you believe I owe you anything?

When did Boris become arbiter of correct English utilization?