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Today is English Language Day, Celebrating the Second Most Spoken Language in the World


From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2017 11:10:19 -0400




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From: jonathan.spira () accuramediagroup com
Date: April 23, 2017 at 10:44:57 AM EDT
To: dfarber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Today is English Language Day, Celebrating the Second Most Spoken Language in the World

Dave 

In case you weren't aware, 

Today is English Language Day, Celebrating the Second Most Spoken Language in the World 
http://accura.cc/4kkhkz 

"Some 25% of the world’s population speaks English to some extent, with almost 400 million speaking it as their 
mother tongue and a similar number speaking it fluently as their second language, thus making it a candidate for the 
world’s language, ostensibly an Esperanto for the 21st century.

"Indeed, some pundits have predicted that, by 2050, half the world will be more or less proficient in it.
April 23 is English Language … 
<SNIP> 


Regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Szívélyes üdvözlet/Cordialement/Cordiali saluti/Saludos/Vänliga hälsningar 

/s/ Jonathan

 



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