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Fan Favorites: How to Speak Bad English

Rough Translation

English - May 10, 2023 22:00 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 7.3K ratings
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Gregory talks "inside baseball" of American English. And we revisit an episode that sparked a lot of conversation among listeners in 2021–about the global pursuit of "good English" and what it takes to change the multi-billion dollar industry built around it.

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Read more at NPR's global health and development blog, Goats and Soda.

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