Dennis, You definitely got a smile out of me! Bev Brown c/g On Thu, 11 Jun 1998 00:39:59 +0800 Dennis Greene <[log in to unmask]> writes: >Hi Kees, > >> >>Let's please not fight each other, for a word, foreigner. > >I'm with you all the way. I'm not even sure who, if anyone, is >actually >fighting. I'm certainly not. It's been my impression that most of the >exchanges concering that particular word have been fairly light >hearted. >Having what my dear old gran used to call a "wicked" sense of humour, >which >has landed me in trouble more than once in the past, I even ended my >contribution to the debate with the words "With tongue firmly in >cheek" just >to make sure that no-one would take it seriously. > >Despite this a perception has developed that an argument is raging. >Once >more my sense of humour drops me in it. But it's the same sense of >humour >that keeps me going so I suppose I'll just have to live with it. I >shall >however endevour not to impose it on the list in future. > >Which is going to be tough 'cause it's foreign to my nature. (Gee - >that >didn't last long) > >Dennis. >