“Not long time ago there was a striking example of the extent to which English has diverged: a television company put out a programme filmed in the English city of Newcastle, where the local variety of English is famously divergent and difficult, and the televised version was accompanied by English subtitles!”
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Larry Trask
Larry Trask, an outstanding figure in an unknown field, was born on November 10, 1944, and passed away on March 27, 2004. His life and contributions remain largely unrecorded. more