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<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: Jacqueline Bungenberg de Jong <</font><a href="mailto:Dutchmatters@comcast.net"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dutchmatters@comcast.net</font></a><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">></font></div>
<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Subject: LL-L "Language varieties" 2009.10.14 (05) [EN]</font></div>
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<div><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">HELLO David, Paul, Mark and Ron. What an interesting discourse about the influence of Celtic languages on the English of their time, especially since I happen to be reading:</font></div>
<div><br><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">John McWhorter’s “Our magnificent Bastard Tongue”. Maybe not in depth enough for you linguists, but for this neophyte a wonderful read.</font></div>
<div><br><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Jacqueline BdJ<br>Seattle US </font></div>
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