locality

It is quite odd, at least without more context. I suppose it means register.

When a fellow wants to get a good mark, he may polish up an apple and place it on teacher's desk; his classmates call such a lad an apple-shiner. Less complimentary localities use the term bootlicker. The Greek had a name for it: fig-shower.

I think it means register. Does the context help, MM?

Thanks,

Pastel

Ah. No. Less complimentary locality means somewhere that a similar name-calling would be less polite-- for instance in a rougher school or in an office.

Yes, that sounds good.

Thank you, MM. Are you still teaching in Japan?