I don't treat it as a lecture; I treat it as a pretty funny rant. I agree that it's snobby; but I still enjoy her poke at "Carrot's £1" - the "grocer's apostro

I don't treat it as a lecture; I treat it as a pretty funny rant. I agree that it's snobby; but I still enjoy her poke at "Carrot's £1" - the "grocer's apostrophe". It's a book of satirical humour, you're not supposed to take it too seriously. Oh, the inconsistency of English is by design. Was it Doctor Higgins in My Fair Lady who claimed to be able to locate the origin of any English accent? The perverse grammar of English (and I suppose any other language) is a xenophobic shibboleth[0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibboleth