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The Intelligence from The Economist

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Standard English - The Dialect of Text Books

Lane green is the economist's language columnist. He says standard spoken english just happens to be based on a dialect that prevailed near the seat of power in england, which was london and the two great universities of oxford and cambridge. Lane Green: The standardization of the spoken word has only just begun.

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