Language Norm: Letter
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Sir: It is an absurd daydream to hope that the world will accept English as the international language (letter, 15 October).
Even within Europe there is occasional chaos. At one European Union meeting, a French speaker said that to find a solution they needed "la sagesse normande". This was translated as: "We need Norman Wisdom."
Esperanto is a proved, practical and simple solution.
CONNOR WALSH
London SW15
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