Yekke, thanks a lot for the support. Glad you approve. Still, I was kinda enjoying the whole ‘one man crusade against the devaluing of the English language in particular and sport in general’ thing.
And LG, ease up. What you preciously posted (I think you mean previously) was neither mean nor judgmental, and is probably one I would make, and probably have at some point made, especially when faced with perceived excessive nationalism. Although yekke2 is right, my argument did not stem from nationalistic pride, simply supporting my point as regards the language.
But it is worth keeping one thing in mind. I don’t actually really care about what I argue about, as regards essentially pointless issues such as language or nationality (except football, I’ll defend that to the death), I do it for the love of arguing. If I am ever scharf, it is for comic effect, not because I mean it. This is probably an even bigger fault than the one you pointed out but, well, there it is.
Duke