When did "Can I get...?" [to me, an Americanism] supersede "May I have/Could I have...?" as the preferred phrasing when ordering a coffee/muffin/whatever at Pret et al?
I appear to be the last bastion of the latter in the City.
I find it quite fascinating that, when I asked you to rate your own success, many of you wanted me to state what my success metrics were, to enable you to answer the question
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