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May 08, 2006

The perils of popularity

Lisa Jardine points out a hidden pitful of English linguistic hegemony. I think I shall forward this one to the Académie française for comment. The BBC sums up the problem:

The British have never had much of a taste for learning foreign languages and as English becomes Europe's lingua franca, that stubbornness is starting to pay off. But if everyone else can speak English, what does that mean for our sense of identity?

Posted by Ghost of a flea at May 8, 2006 08:39 AM

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