English Mania

[Neal Whitman]

This 2007 article by Michael Erard in _Wired_ says that's not so unlikely.
http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/16-07/st_essay

Neal

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From: "Herb Stahlke" <hfwstahlke at GMAIL.COM>
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> Since they will then represent the majority of the world's educated
> English speakers, will their pronunciation then become standard?
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> Herb
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> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Tom Zurinskas<truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> English mania.
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>> All Chinese 3rd graders must learn English by law.  China will become the
>> largest English speaking nation.
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>> http://www.ted.com/talks/jay_walker_on_the_world_s_english_mania.html
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>> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
>> see truespel.com
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