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The World in Words 1: two national anthems and IKEA-speak
On the debut podcast of The World in Words, the power of language: Spain tries, and fails, to set words to its national anthem. South Africa’s anthem has words but they’re in so many different languages that very few people understand them. And the pseudo-language of Swedish home furnishings giant IKEA sounds harmless, unless you’re […]
On the debut podcast of The World in Words, the power of language: Spain tries, and fails, to set words to its national anthem. South Africa’s anthem has words but they’re in so many different languages that very few people understand them. And the pseudo-language of Swedish home furnishings giant IKEA sounds harmless, unless you’re Danish.