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| tommus Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5867 days ago 979 posts - 1688 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish | Message 1 of 4 06 April 2013 at 2:51am | IP Logged | ||
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A British man, Michael Edwards, has just been voted in as one of the 40 members of L'Académie française.
"... Edwards, born outside London, is the first member from Britain speaking French as an adopted language." http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/new-member-of-ac ademie-francaise-michael-edwards-is-british/story-fnddckzi-1 226612915713 EDIT: Corrected link Edited by Iversen on 07 July 2013 at 6:27pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| HopeTea Newbie Japan Joined 4272 days ago 37 posts - 41 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese | Message 2 of 4 06 April 2013 at 4:00am | IP Logged | ||
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This article gave me some info on how to decrease my risk of stroke. :P
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| tommus Senior Member CanadaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5867 days ago 979 posts - 1688 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Dutch, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish | Message 3 of 4 06 April 2013 at 4:48am | IP Logged | ||
Whoops! How did that happen? Thanks. I just corrected the link. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6380 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 4 06 April 2013 at 4:51am | IP Logged | ||
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Some discussion here in another thread.
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