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From: hinsenk@cyclone.ERE.UMontreal.CA (Hinsen Konrad)
Subject: Re: English as the European language (not) (Re: Languages in the EC)
In-Reply-To: philip@storcomp.demon.co.uk's message of Sat, 11 Feb 1995 23:57:18 +0000
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In article <792547038snz@storcomp.demon.co.uk> philip@storcomp.demon.co.uk (Phil Hunt) writes:

   OTOH, an estimated 1500 million people speak English now. It's quite 

How was this number obtained?

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