Brian:
> I'm not trying to discredit you as a native English speaker,
> but I'm not impressed by your knowledge of English varieties
> in general.
And I'm not impressed with your arrogance. I hardly care whether
you're impressed with me or not. Do you think I should be?
Get off your high horse.
I'm here to talk about a _subjective_ view of a language and so to
attempt, as in your underhanded quote above, to imply that I'm
unknowledgeable about my own native language AND a language that you
admit you can't even speak is entirely irrational, mean-spirited and
doesn't help this Forum.
You've done this before with me in particular because you must have
some hate-on with me, some insecurity that surfaces now and again
when you're feeling blue, I guess. What's happened so far is that
I've stated my view, then you disagree with it and stick a few insults
in. Kim on the other hand has been calmly relating another opinion that
differs from mine. So we all just live different lives. No biggy.
So why are you so determined in denying other people's own experiences!
Why are you so stressed out? Just accept that my "idiolect" is
different and I'll accept that yours differs from mine. The end.
= gLeN