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BUNGALOWS FROM BENGAL from kendrive ^Pro 354 days old

HOW THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SOAKED UP WORDS FROM AROUND THE WORLD A new prize-winning book, 'The Secret Life of Words', tells how many English words ...

LATIN - A DEAD LANGUAGE? from kendrive ^Pro 377 days old

COUNCILS BAN 'ELITIST' AND 'DISCRIMINATORY' LATIN PHRASES They are phrases that are repeated ad nauseam and are taken as bona fide English, but councils ...

TEACHING ENGLISH IN FRENCH - IN SCOTLAND from kendrive ^Pro 575 days old

[ ... ] as maths and English are taught in French. Walker Road Primary School has native French speakers working with other staff to teach children a range ...

DIRTY ENGLISH from kendrive ^Pro 610 days old

SO THAT IS WHAT AMERICANS THINK OF US? Bloomingdale's in New York are selling a range of "Dirty English" colognes and fragrances for men. You can ...

ENTRY FROM BACKSIDE ONLY from kendrive ^Pro 789 days old

THE RISE OF INDIAN ENGLISH It has taken decades of struggle, but more than half a century after the British departed from India, standard English ...

IS ESTUARY COMMON? from kendrive ^Pro 844 days old

[ ... ] Estuary English, as spoken by presenter Jonathan Ross and singer Lily Allen, had meant they had been unable to find anyone suitable. “We’ve ...

ENGLISH AS SHE WILL BE WRITTEN from kendrive ^Pro 1258 days old

The European Union commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications, ...