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A woman walks past a billboard miss-spelling the official slogan for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games 'One World, One Dream'. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
A woman walks past a billboard miss-spelling the official slogan for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games 'One World, One Dream'. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

How English erased its roots to become the global tongue of the 21st century

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'Throw away your dictionaries!' is the battle cry as a simplified global hybrid of English conquers cultures and continents. In this extract from his new book, Globish, Robert McCrum tells the story of a linguistic phenomenon – and its links to big money

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