Fancy, Popular Discussions, and Fair Play

I have been holding back from posting another entry, because the previous post Spelling Grammar Words Language was so popular - the number of comments is heading for 100, the sign of high interest. A key feature is that the word 'fancy' does not appear in the post, but does appear in a response I made: Uncle Matthew (ie Farve) says in The Pursuit of Love 'Fancy hearing one's wife talking about…