Neither. As I've said before, I'm an American expatriate. Or do you only read the parts of posts you want to?

There's a famous line from a Simon & Garfunkle song which rings true in situations such as this. "Man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest."

As for the rest of your saga-long diatribe and pernickety quibbling I can only conclude (and thus end the discussion -- or at least end my line of responses therein) with the following. The problem with beating on a dead horse is that nothing comes of it.