What's going on?
Because I just use the hash to rant and rave and give myself something to do to keep me off the streets and out of the pool halls I don't really pay any attention to statistics. Maybe once or twice a year I glance at them and shrug.
This morning I checked for the hell of it and discovered that I have somehow picked up several million readers, overwhelmingly from Vietnam which I find rather surprising. For the life of me I can't figure out why so many Vietnamese have taken such an interest in nothing more than the grumblings of a tired old man.
The only reason I can think of that someone outside of the United States would find in my writings is that I write in idiomatic English. I'm certainly not writing in perfect, scholarly English. I'm aware that English is taught in schools overseas and perhaps some school may want to use me as a sample of some sort. Whatever is going on I would love to find out why so many people have taken a sudden interest in the Hash.
For that matter a number of people from several other countries have started reading my grumblings. If anyone from outside of the United States wants to tell me why there is so much interest in the grumblings of an old man please feel free to let me know in the comments.
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