The World in Words 47: Americans learn Spanish in Mexico, Obama speaks Spanish on Univision, Sarkozy’s trashy French, and foreign Wikipedias

We begin with President Obama’s improving Spanish on display on Univision. Then we take a trip to a language school in Mexico to hear about changes in Spanish-language learning. Then it’s to France, where traditionalists are horrified at President Sarkozy’s gutter talk. Finally a conversation with author and wikipedian Andrew Lih on why foreign language wikipedias are so different from the English version.