Back in the days of 1369s, they always wanted you to state your linguistic qualifications. So every year I used to write 'French / German / Latin 'O' levels 1965, current standard - lapsed'.
Until one year some oikish flight commander said that 'O' level Latin was taking the pi$$ and demanded that I delete it from the draft....
B****y lower order peasant probably did metalwork at some grim Secondary Modern.....
