2009/6/24 André Braga <meianoite@xxxxxxxxx> > > *Bad* analogy of you understood that sentence as Ingo patronising you. > No, no, sarcasm on the internet never scans across cultures. I'd just assume that most of the European speakers of English learned the BBC English formalisms that sometimes come across as idiomatic in other dialects. My collegiate studies were in linguistics... my friends at home are from everywhere, no worries. ~David