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“Varieties of English”
The rise of global English
‘Globish’ is not my word. In the best traditions of the English language, I borrowed it from a Frenchman who first coined it in 1995. Jean-Paul Nerriere was a senior…
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Varieties of English: World English and the OED
An important part of our work on the New Words side of the OED project is to increase our coverage of vocabulary from the major varieties of world English. We…
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Lex in the City: reflections on a year in the North American Editorial Unit
When I tell acquaintances that I live in New York City, cries of ‘How glamorous!’ unfailingly follow. My new friends seem to expect the life of a young woman living…
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