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Francedidnotwantitspeopletousethetermemailbutthefrench version"courrier electronique"wastoolongtogaintraction sotheFrenchpromotedthecompromisecourriel[reterritorialization?].

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LadyGodiva:from5(fiver)toGodivatojustlady[Ere,canyousparealady?]

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- USusedEnglishtohelpassimilateIndiansinboardingschools- Ataturk changedtheturkish scriptfromArabic toromaninordertomodernize

turkeyandmoveitclosertoEurope.- TheUSSRforcedAltaicspeakerstouseCyrilic tounifytherepublics.- Chinaispromotingmandarin(formerlyspokenbyBeijingelites)touniteChina.

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Video:DevelopmentofBroadcastStandardUSEnglish

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ThreeisoglossesidentifyingtheNCVS.Inthebrownareas//ismoreretractedthan//.Thebluelineenclosesareasinwhich//isbacked.Theredlineenclosesareasinwhich//isdiphthongizedto[e]evenbeforeoralconsonants.Theareasenclosedbyallthreelinesmaybeconsideredthe"core"oftheNCVS;itismostconsistentlypresentinSyracuse,Rochester,Buffalo,Detroit,andChicago.FromLabov etal.2006:204.See:InlandNorthernAmericanEnglish.

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- MIlanguages:DanishandNorwegian(atleastfromOslo),Serbian&Croatian,Spanish&Portuguese, andApache&Navajo.UrduandHindiaremutuallyintelligibletoo.- Asymmetricintelligibility isatermusedbylinguistsontwolanguagesthatareconsideredmutuallyintelligible,butonegroupwouldfindithardertounderstandtheother.PortugueseandSpanishhavearelationshiplikethis,asPortuguesespeakerswouldfinditeasiertounderstandSpanishthanviceversa.RussianandUkrainianalsohavearelationlikethis,asRussiansmaynotunderstandUkrainianverywell,whileUkrainianscouldunderstandRussianmuchbetter,possiblyduetomoreexposureoftheotherlanguage.NorwegianBokml,StandardDanish andStandardSwedish alsohavearelationshiplikethis,asspeakersofDanishcanunderstandNorwegianandSwedishbetterthanviceversa.

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