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Friday, November 27, 2015

French words of the day: bureau, bureaucrat, and easy languages

English language has many french words. Bureau can mean a desk, or an office. A bureaucrat is a stickler for following rules and procedures.

Easy to read languages
In Europe you find that Spanish is the easiest language to read off signs as you drive through the country.

French words are the ones I find most often in English newspapers, especially the erudite newspapers such as the Sunday Times.

In the Far East, Asia, foreign scripts are a challenge. The easiest language to read is Bahasa Malay in Malaysia.

Angela Lansbury, writer, photographer, teacher.

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