Grammatical Case (was: that long subject) War of Roses/Holmes?Figg/Walpurga

[Carol]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "sistermagpie"
<sistermagpie at ...> wrote:
>
> > Geoff:
> > Interestingly, if I lift the phone and someone says "May I speak to 
> > Geoff Bannister", the response I always use is, to  reply by saying 
> > "Speaking".
> 
> Magpie:
> Speaking! That was one of those obvious things my brain just wouldn't 
> cough up in that moment!
> 
> -m
>
Carol responds:
Or you could just say, "This is Magpie."

Carol, who also responds with "Speaking" most of the time