Whirls hasn't flown an Agusta
Actually, I have but I couldn't log it
This thread has gone along the classic route (as do all these threads)
1. Someone posts a reasonable and polite question but it contains a (usually humourous) spelling mistake or typo.
2. Someone ese picks up on this and has a laugh at their expense or otherwise resorts to name-calling.
3. Someone else will answer the original question ignoring the diatribe that precedes their post.
4. Several "voices of reason" chip in accusing the original pedant of being unfair.
5. Opposing "voices of reason" chime in to give their viewpoint that both spelling and grammar are important and look how perfect their posts are and point out all the errors in everyone else's posts!!
6. Further pedants join in to point out that previous pedants are have used a flying apostrophe where they shouldn't or Oxford commas are SO out of fashion now'
7. The "voices of reason" pick on the original pedant pointing out that everyone is fallible.
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
Cheers
Whirls
Founding Member of the East Dereham Pedants' Society