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Old 10-13-14, 03:36 AM   #1
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Default How English became the language of science

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29543708

Bloody war. Would have been so much easier writing without it.

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Old 10-13-14, 03:59 AM   #2
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Only for you, not for English people...

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Old 10-13-14, 05:19 AM   #3
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Other than footbal (and not always) it should be par for the course for you by now Sky
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It's funny really, once upon a time the language of science looked quite similar to the language that people run away from these days...
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Old 10-13-14, 06:37 AM   #5
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I'm not getting involved in this; I fear I may shortly be in trouble with Schroeder over how German became the preferred language of English sitcoms...
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I'm not getting involved in this; I fear I may shortly be in trouble with Schroeder over how German became the preferred language of English sitcoms...


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