Word: englishings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dead as most jazz, but John Mayall's crew sings and writes as if they were in imminent danger of extinction. ("It is time for a major blues crusade! Is it right that a great artiste should have to die for his music to be acknowledged?") The English have long proved that they can master American idioms, and Mayall is no exception. He can weep, holler and groan with the best, and though he pleads that his fan mail be sent to Godalming, Surrey, most listeners will wonder if it shouldn't go to Biloxi...
...Coast Guard radio station at Pungo, Va., picked up a nervous call. Speaking in broken English, the caller said that he was aboard the 26 de Julio, a small (943 tons) Cuban cargo vessel that normally hauls freight and cattle between Havana and Montreal. Would the Coast Guard al low the ship to put in to port at Norfolk "to discharge people who are seek ing political asylum...
Year in, year out, the Bible is the world's bestselling book. Latest proof of its enduring attraction comes from the American Bible Society, which last week announced that its own English translation of the New Testament has sold 9,300,000 copies since it was published 17 months ago. Orders are still coming in at the rate...
Published as a 35? paperback, a $1 plastic-covered edition and a $3.95 hard cover, the Society translation, called Good News for Modern Man, is a straightforward rendering of the Greek text in precise, simplified language. Although designed primarily for readers who have learned English as a second language, Good News has been bought in bulk lots by universities, seminaries and church groups. Sales have wildly exceeded the modest expectations of the Society, which placed an initial print order of only...
...switch to American squash has forced Nayar to change his style. In India English squash balls are used. They're softer than those used here, and consequently corner shots are faster in American play. "I haven't yet learned to anticipate these corner shots," Nayar said...