I know I did - the reason was I was being flippant because you asked to be corrected if you were wrong... so I told you that you were wrong
The positioning of the words is the default layout - as it comes out of the tin, so to speak. The reason they're there
@Martok covered so I don't see the point in repeating it.
The two words across the top aren't two separate columns, so the Replies across the top
isn't the title of the column with Replies/Views listed below it - nor is the Views text the title for the column with the figures. They're just the two words you can use as clickable searches for that single column (within threadlist) - everywhere else where they aren't clickable, I'd say it's just to keep it all the same across the site - view them as a single Title - Replies/Views as opposed to two separate entities..