"He said, 'Pop, we speak English, give me the money and we can buy things and sell them here, ' " his father recalled.

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Or will ministers at least set a target date for its implementation so we can prepare the ground for the day when we can all go abroad and speak other languages rather than simply speaking more slowly and loudly in English in the hope "Johnny foreigner" will understand?

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