My former bf told me a true story two days ago, about a school which made shirts needing the English for AKE. (Um, that rhymes with CAKE, BAKE, MAKE, TAKE, FAKE, NAKED....there! I have your attention.)

The responsible Educator had chosen to spell this sound as EKA. That's (to me) eee-kah. Not Ache..

So my courageous, Western-influenced former bf called this responsible Educator and told him of his mistake.

"Well, excuse me, who precisely ARE YOU?"

"Well, I teach English."

"Thank you, but I have been abroad before, and I will spell this word any way I please."

CLICK.

Of course, at Chiang Mai University's English department, they have a different solution. They fire you! :-0

As a side-note, I am really enjoying teaching English FOR FREE in my Golden Years. It's made even better by the fact that my students (gasp) LEARN TO SPEAK ENGLISH!