There’s that “Baa-baa!” again. Odd to see sheep wanting to protect the shepherd.
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What’s the matter, Molly? Do you have something against people having a good laugh?
That was hilarious, too.
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Better speak to Jamie 'bout that: .
Mizz, or what? :lol:
As hilarious as second-language interference?
Are you saying that your post about second-language interference was intended to be hilarious? :?
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Amy, what a cool smiley!!! 
:lol: :lol:
I’m laughing until my cries when look at it! 
I’m saying that I’m still waiting for your explanation.
Hi Pamela
That very jolly little guy has always tickled my fancy, too. 
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Hello my friend,
Well, this is confusing. Don’t you know? I thought you said he was your husband. (You were going to provide some incriminating examples of his work, I believe.)
But in any case, I’ve thought of another problem.
This chap – call him Poster X. If he is your husband, he presumably writes in a completely different style from you. After all, you are writing as a comely young Nigerian woman, who has only known English for a few years; and he apparently is a hardened British male of Anglo-Irish descent, in his early 50s, who manages an ESL academy.
Now if that’s the case, how could I have confused his posts with yours? They would surely be worlds apart.
Or do you think your writing styles are very similar?
All the best,
MrP
Now if that’s the case, how could I have confused his posts with yours? They would surely be worlds apart.
Not so. He occasionaly proofreads my posts, he understands quite a bit of Nigerian English, we share the same interest in World Englishes and chat and debate quite a lot, one doesn’t need too much language to communicate with one who is close to one, some people learn a sociloect/dialect quicker than others, etc.
Now, why do I often confuse your posts with certain members on, for example, these fora?
Are you all one and the same person?
Oh, I ask the other members to proof-read my posts first; and vice versa. We’re all very close there.
Forum, not fora, by the way. (You only linked to one.)
He does an excellent job, then. And is he with you all the time, helping you post? Because sometimes you post very quickly indeed; yet the English is still fluent and lively and, well, rather British. (If a little masculine on occasion.)
Except that that’s another interesting aspect. You write in perfectly British English. Yet you’re a great champion of Nigerian English. You would even like us to talk about it more, on the forum.
Don’t you think that’s rather strange – letting your husband turn your Nigerian English into British English; and British English moreover in which you berate us for our lack of interest in Nigerian English?
MrP
Exactly the kind of sniping I’ve been talking about. You just can’t quit, can you? Mr P. I’ve told you again and again that I will entertain your posts about my PRIVATE life on PMs if you like. This near obsession you have with me, my life and my postings, is getting out of hand, turning into something perverse in fact. Now you become an expert on masculine versus feminine writing, and all just to dig deeper and keep returning to your “I do not believe you are what you say you are” nonsense. Take a break. Go out an have a walk or buy certain magazines with glossy photos and head for a secluded spot. I’m tired of your Sh*tlock Holmes questioning. Tired of feeling that you want to push yet another poster of yet another forum. Go have fun with yourself somewhere.
You yourself brought up your domestic posting arrangements; though it did confirm that your posts are not written by a Nigerian.
As for PMs, here’s your earlier message:
As you can see, you yourself demanded that I “explain right here and not in PMs”. (In fact, you asked a moderator to make me do so.)
If I did indeed “snipe” the person you call your husband off that “other forum”, it’s rather strange that he’s still posting there. See for instance:
A Man More Sniped Against Than Sniping.
You can see that he was instantly recognised and namechecked by the other mods, even though he had posted anonymously. And yet there he is, quite happily discussing linguistics with another moderator. And he has started several other threads, too.
(I should add that he doesn’t need to post anonymously; he has at least three active accounts to his name.)
So tell me: why did you say he was “sniped off”, when he’s clearly still perfectly happy and able to post?
MrP
What are you talking about now?
You’re right, I should have asked for that. We know how you love your little PM chats, don’t we? Flock off, Mr P-astor?
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Duh! Are all the mods over there as thick as you? They all saw that me and my husband post from the same ISP and they conclude idiotically. Please get a bit of quality over there, will you? But anyway, here you go again on your “I’ll shame Molly even if it takes me a thousands of posts” attitude. Don’t you wish you had better ways to spend your time and energy?
He hasn’t posted there for a long long time.
They simply know your style, old chap. It isn’t difficult to spot.
MrP
For the last time Mr P-rat: Tired of feeling that you want to push yet another poster off yet another forum. Go have fun with yourself somewhere.
My last word on this, totally off-forum, nonsense. Grow up!
Earlier, you asked me to help you find your “Milky” posts, from English Forums. Here they are:
You demanded the conversation yourself, in your note to Torsten:
I have only done as you requested.
MrP
Now you’ve explained your reasons for constantly referring to me as “he”, “milky”, and “metal” over months and months on THIS forum, please explain to the moderators of THIS forum, and anyone else who may be reading, why you decided to bring all your baggage and dirty laundry from OTHER fora/ums over to THIS forum.
Your off-forum nonsense has being going on and on for months. It’s not new.
Mr P, grow up! Stop your obsession with me and my husband.
Well, I’ve asked three times; but it seems the “pushing my husband off other forums” evidence is not to be forthcoming.
MrP
And your maturity seems not to be forthcoming. Go snipe elsewhere.