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Words from the front
John Simpson
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17 October 2008, pp. 53-56
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JOHN SIMPSON, co-editor of the ‘Oxford English Dictionary’, investigates some of the questions raised by readers om ET 14, April 1988.

The view from China
Keqi Hao
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17 October 2008, pp. 50-52
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A professor at Jiaotong University, in Shaanxi Province of the People's Republic of China, outlines her views on the need for an adequately standardized international English.

Spread over a continuum
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17 October 2008, pp. 54-57
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Below are some excerpts from Indian and British English: A Handbook of Usage and Pronunciation, by Paroo Nihalani, R. K. Tongue, and Priya Hosali (Oxford University Press, India, 1979, 3rd impression 1987, pp. 260, ISBN 0 19 561864 5, Rupees 50, £3.95). Of this work, the Indian Journal of Linguistics says: ‘It is invaluable as a handy reference book and should take its place on the reference-shelf of all Indians’, while The Hindu (Madras), calls it ‘an invaluable guide to those interested in the English language’. We endorse these comments.

Word castles in Spain
Fuan Ramón Lodares
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17 October 2008, pp. 54-58
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JUAN RAMÓN LODARES draws attention to a combination of archaic romanticism and simple error at work in the description of words of Spanish origin in some dictionaries of English.

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