Punch, Volume 270Punch Publications Limited, 1976 - English wit and humor |
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Page 105
... English , and the Americans are worst of all because they speak it wrong . " But the language barrier isn't simply one of vocabulary . It's also the pro- nunciation . American English often isn't American English , but Armenian , Hun ...
... English , and the Americans are worst of all because they speak it wrong . " But the language barrier isn't simply one of vocabulary . It's also the pro- nunciation . American English often isn't American English , but Armenian , Hun ...
Page 266
... English and only English . The thinking behind this is that exhibition folk tend to be multi - lingual anyway , and words like taxi , toilets , and so on , are pretty international already . Which is all right as far as it goes . But ...
... English and only English . The thinking behind this is that exhibition folk tend to be multi - lingual anyway , and words like taxi , toilets , and so on , are pretty international already . Which is all right as far as it goes . But ...
Page 529
... English " pop " groups came = summer to fill a Roman phitheatre the French pro- ters were rather disappointed en the French teenagers did provide free , extra publicity , ging " wild orgies " . Parents ( who have often never en to ...
... English " pop " groups came = summer to fill a Roman phitheatre the French pro- ters were rather disappointed en the French teenagers did provide free , extra publicity , ging " wild orgies " . Parents ( who have often never en to ...
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