Re: supermarket cashier again



António Marques wrote:
> Brian M. Scott wrote:
>
> >>> "Operatunity", I take it then, is a British production? Your
> >>> original posting was sadly deficient in providing context.
> >
> >> "in the US," "Pop Idol," and "Tescos" are all unmistak(e)able
> >> markers of UKism.
> >
> > I'll give you 1.5 out of 3: 'Tescos' is a dead giveaway, but 'in
> > the US', even combined with an English-language title, still allows
> > an Australian source, for instance.
>
> Then there's that thing called memory: anyone to whom the information
> is interesting must have followed the recent thread and know what it's
> about.

Only if you are using 'must' in the sense of 'might'.

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