[parminya]

I don't think they're concerned so much by the people who don't know what a flat is, but by the people who do. There's more than a handful of bookreaders out there who are very protective of any difference between their national form of English and some other national form of English, who will get upset if a local publisher uses the foreign form.

[duxup]

Seems really strange to me not to defer to whatever the author wants.

Having said that, I don’t disagree with what you’re saying.

[bombolo]

Why would such people read things written by a filthy foreigner?