First, thanks to my students and teaching assistants from over eight years of teaching World Englishes. In particular, thanks to Tara Coleman and Chris Tsang, who helped recast its teaching in essential ways. Meanwhile, the final stages of this book would have been more problematic without the assistance of Emily Chow and Franziscka Cheng. I would also like to thank all my colleagues in Hong Kong for their hard work and challenging conversation. Extra thanks for a random selection of things to Peter Skehan, Julian Lamb, Eddie Tay, Michael O’Sullivan, Grant Hamilton, and Simon Haines. Beyond the Hong Kong context, I would like to thank David Ewick, who a long time ago prompted me to begin thinking about some of the issues addressed in this book in the Japanese context. In addition, thanks to Robert Phillipson for detailed and trenchant comments about the manuscript. Finally, I would like to acknowledge that the work recorded in this book was supported by a grant from the Hong Kong General Research Fund, sponsored by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (Reference No. 446611). (p.viii)