Sorry, Jackie, but to get back to the point of this area of discussion, I should have said « but hey!
get used to it, Jackie; 3rd in the world behind two nations with mega-huge populations feels good! » (We are not meant to be talking about Brits and expats, really, it is all meant to be about hey!.)
She sums up much of what I have grumbled about in the past, and I agree with everything I have just read from her
– I didn’t think you were criticising me for being British; we may have our disagreements, but I know you’re not that bad. Of course all of us indulge in attacking each other’s arguments, but I think it’s a bit of a slippery slope if we start directly attacking the language that other people use in their comments. Call me old fashioned, but I find that rather bad manners. A few people on the opposite side to me in these debates use what I consider pretty pompous and over-formal language, but I’d never dream of calling it ‘horrible’. I did say somewhere else about an expression you used, that I wouldn’t personally use it, but I admitted it was quite correct and I certainly didn’t use this sort of emotive language. Sorry if I’m over-reacting. More