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511: No Such Thing As An Honest Washing Machine
No Such Thing As A Fish
Bridge Intervention and Loan Words
This chapter explores the remarkable story of how the town of Vulcan in West Virginia received aid from the Soviet Union to rebuild their bridge after it collapsed in 1974. It also touches on the concept of loan words and calques.
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