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Løst in Tränšlation Misadventures in English Abroad

by Charlie Croker

Age band: 13+

Looky Rating System: Violence 0/5, Love & Romance 0/5, Mental Health 0/5, Language 0/5, Substance Use 0/5, Fear / Horror 0/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 0/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5, Sci-Fi / Futuristic 0/5, Disability & Neurodiversity 0/5.

Description

In today's world - characterized by globalization, mass communication, cheapir travel and abundant Chinese takeaways - surely no self-respectingnglish-language enthusiast could have failed to notice the frequent andlagrant abuse of our native tongue by pesky foreigners? Forgetting, for aoment, the fact that many nations speak our language better than we do,nd that most people's grasp, say, of Dutch, amounts to jabbing the "Lonelylanet"guidebook's picture of the Van Gogh Museum and saying 'Where?...

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