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By Kelly Raftery As a newly minted Russian Area Studies degree holder, a chance meeting with another student led me to my first job in Russia--representing the western half of a... Read more

Don't Speak French? Franglais... Paperblog Pick in Expat

Don't Speak French? Speak Franglais...

"Wow. Ils sont trop cool. J'adore le look!C'est le top!"Franglais: Noun, Masculine[frahng-gley]French spoken or written with a large mixture of English words, especially those of... Read more

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