The World in Words 96: Russian spy accents, Manute Bol and sign language
Our top five language stories this month: A translator recalls the Nuremberg Trials; sign languages that don’t have signs for some Islamic words; the phrase that Manute Bol didn’t invent; a controversial move in Southern India to make Tamil more official; those Russian spies and their faux Euro/Canadian accents.
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