If you're reading this in English

[undyingking]

Interesting post in languagelog about a bumper sticker saying "If you can read this, thank a teacher. And if you're reading it in English, thank a soldier."

I won't reiterate the discussion there¹ -- but I wondered if anyone had seen this sentiment expressed in the UK, where it would make a lot more sense as a proposition, in relation to WWII². Has anyone in the UK seen or heard of the teachers' message being added to / hijacked in this way?

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1 Except to say that I favour the "ill-thought-out generalized right-wing puffery" theory.
2 Of course one might argue that Battle of Britain aircrew, naval convoys, or Russians, were more to thank, but leave that for now.

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[undyingking.livejournal.com]

they don't all speak English after all

Ah, but of course they would have been far more fiendishly dictatorial in their triumph than we were.

[celestialweasel.livejournal.com]

But is there any evidence that they planned to do this? Surely not.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

None that David Irving couldn't airily dismiss.