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Forked Tongues

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

A series of three personal views on the way language is used in society today. 1: Travel Narrows the Mind
Brian J. Ford argues that, between nations as between classes, too much emphasis is placed on the actual words which are spoken and not enough on understanding the culture underlying them.

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