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John Hajek

@johnhajek_lang

Languages expert, linguist, Italianist, cultural observer, slightly wry blogger anglobubble.net

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Short film script Film opens: an ordinary street scene in Germany Voice over: can I really say "Vorsprung duck Technik" and get away with it? Die Ente That's 2 bilingual puns :-) @ProfAliLewis1

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Britain could not have picked a worse time to give up learning languages | David Cannadine | Opinion | The Guardian ow.ly/Vrq330okfn7

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Language lessons about address pronouns keep cropping up in the strangest places. This time it's #MAFS: "Youse isn't a word! It's a dialect". Just when you thought it was safe.... bit.ly/2IOj6Ht Johanna Isosävi

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Thank you Geckos German Community Language School for inviting me to take part in its annual Lesefest at Eltham Library on Saturday. Communities really can make a difference. Viel Spass beim Lesen! 😀

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As Melbourne Int'l Jazz Festival draws to a close this weekend, I note with deep sadness the death of Colin Nettelbeck, jazz pianist, French studies scholar and inspiration to generations of Faculty of Arts students and staff. May flights of angels sing him to his rest.

As <a href="/MelbJazzFest/">Melbourne Int'l Jazz Festival</a> draws to a close this weekend, I note with deep sadness the death of Colin Nettelbeck, jazz pianist, French studies scholar and inspiration to generations of <a href="/ArtsUnimelb/">Faculty of Arts</a> students and staff. May flights of angels sing him to his rest.
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Matt became a teacher to do something that gives him some purpose, where every day is a bit different. On #WorldTeachersDay this Friday, we celebrate teachers like Matt & many others across Victoria. Send a message of thanks to your favourite teacher using #thanksvicteachers

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Emeritus Professor Colin Nettelbeck, FAHA (1938-2022). LCNAU announces the sad news that our esteemed colleague Emeritus Professor Colin Nettelbeck has passed away. We send our deep and most heartfelt condolences to his family.

Emeritus Professor Colin Nettelbeck, FAHA (1938-2022).  
LCNAU announces the sad news that our esteemed colleague Emeritus Professor Colin Nettelbeck has passed away. We send our deep and most heartfelt condolences to his family.
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Understanding and Improving Machine Translations for Emergency Communications. Research report available free online: researchgate.net/publication/38…

Understanding and Improving Machine Translations for Emergency Communications. Research report available free online: researchgate.net/publication/38…
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Language matters - inc for Russian propaganda says Euractiv. Russia opens French version of Sputnik news web ow.ly/dYCb301aF5d

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Report says French language on decline in Europe but global rise thanks to new speakers in sub-Saharan Africa. ow.ly/9Y4S301aFc6

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Could France ratify European regional languages charter? One step closer: Parliament says yes but one gig roadblock. ow.ly/pf4u301aFfC

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The European Language Cloud, or how to enable a multilingual Europe. 'Multilingualism is a core value of EU' ow.ly/gWOo301aF1C

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France's elite finally shifts on English and language - abandons 'defensive stance'. Shame? Made things interesting. ow.ly/bNco301aFmX

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Rise in EU kids learning 2nd language at primary school: 67.5% > 79.2% (2005-10). We dream about this in Anglobubble ow.ly/6vdD301aFAd