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How many hours does it take to be fluent in English?
Immigrants are always being told by politicians to learn the language. But how long does it take to speak good English?
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Language borrowing Why so little Chinese in English? The Economist Jun 6th 2013, by R.L.G.
How to kowtow ON TWITTER, a friend asked “Twenty years from now, how many Chinese words will be common parlance in English?”
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Faiths, town halls and language From Babel to Pentecost (the Economist 14/6/2013)
LOCAL authorities in Britain spend a lot of money trying to make themselves understood. The council in Southwark, part of south London, offers translation into 70 languages;
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The Economist (29-6-2013) German business and English: No Denglisch
Willkommen to linguistic purity Jun 29th 2013 |From the print edition TRAVELLERS on Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s state-owned railway, are used to being addressed in a peculiar language peppered with ponderous English words and phrases, such as Neue Snackbox für Kids.