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[ENGLISH: THE WORLD'S FIRST GLOBAL LANGUAGE]
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(ENGLISH: THE WORLD'S FIRST GLOBAL LANGUAGE)
MOTHER TONGUE
A king's valiant defense in 878 spawned what he called English, a
language that has raced around the world, offering passports to
prosperity, connectivity and dreams
By TED ANTHONY
Associated Press
Sunday, April 9, 2000
Part one of a two-part series on how English is becoming the first
global language. The second part - English in action: people and a
language, changing each other - will appea...
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