I think it's nice you support NDP Evey. I will chip in too for the fellow oddball on the forum.
I don't know if NDP has AS or not, but he was clearly a bit frustrated and in the context of him being attacked on this wording and the contrast I could understand him not getting / appreciating the u wot m8..
I don't get the impression it has to do with any motive other than him having a passion for grammar that perhaps is applied rather rigid or has become so his own and/or that he simply dislikes not using his standards of writing.
Isn't it a strange thing sometimes.. how people get offended by other peoples elaborate use of grammar or other things like if someone also dresses smart or is confident, people tend to find them pedant or arrogant? I do get it, I do... (and I don't..)
Up until now I have found Nom De Plumes vocabulary a pleasant curiosity and have learned some new words I might (or might not) use, but not annoying. It would be a shame not to see some people stand out of the crowd even if it can be a bit verbose to some.. It would be a sad if NDP would drop his enthousiasm for words altogether, just to blend in, but it would be nice too, if he were able to mingle more 'fluently'.