A couple of weeks ago John participated in a discussion about language and globalization on The New York Times Freakonomics blog.

We were really happy to be asked because a trend seems to be developing. A couple of weeks earlier, The Oregonian picked up our election stats and quoted several of our members in a story. Now John has been quoted as an expert on language and globalization. Not only is English, baby! a recourse for students of English, but it’s increasingly becoming a source of information about global issues for the English speaking world.

John was in very good company in this discussion, alongside a UN interpreter, a linguistics professor and published author. Plus John and I are Freakonomics fans, so it was extra cool to get to work with Stephen Dubner, Steven Levitt and their team.

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