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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. |
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