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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Peter C." data-source="post: 3424451" data-attributes="member: 68872">Yes, sure, in certain contexts, I don't mind (actually, I do, but that's a mental illness I have, it's called "pedantry") - what bothers me is when such use "spills over" into a context where it is not safe, like, say, a international web forum I know of. And that does happen on occasion (thin edge of the wedge!)(And don't me ¡%&@^! started on "mipits"!)Besides, I just can just imagine the day that the thrush shows up on one of our local Christmas bird counts, I excitedly text out the alert (would be a first for the province, I believe) - and the news is met with a universal <*shrug*>.(Oh, and I daren't use the scientific name -  that would be frowned upon, too pretentious.)</blockquote>