Tag Archives: Sydney Morning Herald

wulff i d tuerkei What did Angela Merkel really say?

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Ingrid Piller

If you read English-language news, you could be forgiven for thinking that Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel recently came out strongly against multiculturalism and immigration. You could be forgiven, but you’d be wrong! The incident makes me wish once again English-language … Continue reading →

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Monolingual mindset in the lucky country

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Ingrid Piller

National holidays are there to celebrate the nation and the opinion pages tend to be full of self-congratulation on such occasions. Australia is no exception and one of the more over-excited ones that was produced on the occasion of Australia … Continue reading →

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