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#92: The English of Boris Johnson

English Learning for Curious Minds

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Boris Johnson's Language Screams Elite Education

Boris's language screams elite education, as does his and so exactly where he comes from is very clear from the words that come out of his mouth. But while other politicians who might have had a similarly privileged upbringing, or indeed prince william or prince harry, they would shy a way. They would hide from their alite education by softening their accents or trying to talk in a more man on the street way. He makes no apologies for his education and makes no apologiesFor his wealth. When he was mayor of london, he also wrote a weekly newspaper column for the daily telegraph, for which he was paid 250 thousand pounds a year. This was in two thousand and

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