Having lived in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ontario for more than 15 years, I've picked up a lot of irritating speech patterns. Don't flatter yourself that I would expend the effort taking a shot at you. fair enough. but I've posted that "swear" a dozen times or so before and never been called on it. same as vance's "swear". I understand your vigilance due to the circumstance, but i think your being oversensitive.