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The Moroccan Report has a fine example of the increasing global use in advertising of Angloisms by and for those whose understanding of its nuances is limited. Since half the population still can’t read, maybe it doesn’t matter.

Trevor @ 28 January 2007 7:54 PM

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1. Aidan Kehoe
   8:37 PM on 28 January 2007

   I find that easier to understand than much of the Scheinanglizismen, from a language community with universal literacy, a careful attention to detail in other fields, and what, though not to the level of Denmark or the Netherlands, qualifies as a decent collective command of English.

2. Trevor ap Simon
   8:51 PM on 28 January 2007

   Oh dear: I rather wish there were more of those…

3. Jill
   4:06 PM on 29 January 2007

   Thanks for the link - shocking how many people came to my blog from it this morning!

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