I've found some IHOPs located in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the UAE now so I guess the clue is not accurate. I thought they were only in the United States.
I thought about that, then decided that the word shows up so many times that it's unlikely someone would not figure out that I was only accepting the "zed" spelling, and decided to leave it. Maybe that's a bad reason. I may change my mind at some point.
I love the headlines you see in Filipino newspapers. "Security Forces Slam MILF." "MILF On Its Knees Before Army." "Air Force Scour Countryside In Search of MILF." and so on.
Of course the first thing I starting typing in with NAMBLA was "National association of Marlon Brando LookAlikes". If only it stood for that.... just typing the full title makes my skin crawl.