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August 8, 2006


The Latest (and Last?) in a Line of Global Tongues

Language not pronounced trippingly on native tongue, by Noam Cohen

Though English fluency can seem like the key to the kingdom today, in the future, if there are two billion people who can speak English, the English speaker without knowledge of another language will be at a disadvantage.

Speaking good English isn’t the key to the kingdom, but without it you won’t have a pot to piss in. (I combined alliterative metaphors on purpose because I’m a native English speaker.)

This entry was posted on Tuesday, August 8th, 2006 at 8:54 am (utc+8) and is filed under Personal.

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