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<font color="#000000"></font><p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><font color="#000000" face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">L O W L A N D S - L - 15 September 2013 - Volume 02</font></span></p>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>Subject: Language use<br><br>Hi, Lowlanders!</font></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left">
<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font> </div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Some of you might enjoy reading the following <em>The Guardian</em> and <em>The Observer</em> article about international use of the English language:</font></div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font> </div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/15/man-booker-english-language-empire">http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/15/man-booker-english-language-empire</a></font></div>
<div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font> </div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:left"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Regards,<br>Reinhard/Ron<br>Seattle, USA</font></div>
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