On 23 May, 08:25, Arthur Figgis wrote:
I would doubt that more than a small fraction of the population know
about that sort of thing, and even fewer would be willing to wade
through the crud, half-understood vs pedantic debates, and random asides
on the average forum.

Quite. It also never ceases to amaze me how so many people in this
country (and the USA) seem to think the rest of the world is fluent in
english. Just because people come here as tourists doesn't mean they
automatically speak the language beyond simple phrasebook stuff.

B2003