[awkward]

Yes. And folks have been trained to think that everyone not coding for en-us is double lazy.

[angersock]

There are several different ways, say a currency dropdown, that could hint on how to parse free-text input.

However, blaming the user for doing what makes sense is not helpful.

[awkward]

I think we're in violent agreement here - I'm trying to get across that "just use locale" doesn't necessarily mean that you're done your UI.