Among the speakers at the seafront dinner for the foreign press earlier this year was Peter Malhotra, publisher of the local English-language newspaper, the Pattaya Mail.

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I.e. anyone can call them, e-mail them or tweet them with questions about the Swedish language.

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However, they are also slightly spammy because they arrive so regularly and some of their language resembles the hyperbole employed by most junk mail.

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