"......... ----- Original Message ----- From: Forrest Anderson I believe that Jim Flemington was taking issue with the subject of the thread - Military Cross *Winners*. He probably belongs to the school of thought which highly disapproves of the term win/winner/won when it comes to gallantry medals. Forrest " Forrest - I see that now that he has explained himself, but the original message was (to my mind) pretty over-the-top, and I had originally concluded that it had a) - been posted by somebody whose knowlege of things military was so woefully lacking that they really had no concern to be posting on GW-L (discuss), or b) - it was a thinly veiled insult directed at British Services Personel past / present / future - alive or deceased. I had settled on ignorance rather than insult and therefore answered in what I believed to be an appropriate manner. If I had settled on "intended insult" then my response would have been quite different. regards - Tom Tulloch-Marshall WW1 Military Research website - http://www.btinternet.com/~prosearch/index.html

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:01:48 +0100, "Tom Tulloch-Marshall" <prosearch@btinternet.com> wrote: >Forrest - I see that now that he has explained himself... Tom Since I had once been criticized for using the term "win" in one of my own messages many years ago, I was able to see what Jim was getting at. Another phrase which upsets some people is to refer to medals being issued, rather than being awarded. Forrest -- Forrest Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. E-mail: forrest@military-researcher.com Website: www.military-researcher.com Forrestdale Research - Military Genealogical Researcher