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I love English.

Wednesday, 16 July 2003 by Jacob Tomaw

For all its flaws, and there are many of them, English is a great language. For one thing we have no problem using words from other languages, mostly because english is composed of other languages. The French on the other hand still have to speak French and use the words the government demands.

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