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- noun Plural form of
Anglophone .
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Examples
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Canada, too, is composed of Francophones and Anglophones, but there the Anglophones are the majority and many never bother to learn French.
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Canada, too, is composed of Francophones and Anglophones, but there the Anglophones are the majority and many never bother to learn French.
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Representation of Francophones and Anglophones in the CF has changed little during the past 10 years, however, the proportion of French-speaking members at senior rank levels has nearly doubled in the same period.
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"I wager," he concludes gently, "that the wisest Anglophones would not . . . wish for a world with only one language."
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And while townships like Khayelitsha and Gugulethu remain a stark testament to the lasting impact of institutionalized inequality, Cape Town's distinct amalgam of Africans, Afrikaaners, Anglophones and Cape Malays has produced what may be the continent's most vibrant ethnic melting pot.
Secret Season 2011
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But that's for us Anglophones over here who need a little bit of home.
Que Faire a Aix-en-Provence? / What to do in Aix-en-Provence? - French Word-A-Day 2010
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Learners of English everywhere, we salute you - you are still doing a far better job than the majority of Anglophones in the UK and USA in mastering a foreign language!
Web Translations » Blog Archive » Mistranslations - English in other countries 2009
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Anglophones were, for the most part, bemused by this reaction to a figure chiefly known to them—if known at all—for a heavy-breathing duet with his third wife, the English actress Jane Birkin.
Death Is Not the End Andrew McKie 2011
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Why insist that Latin America is essentially connected to the “First World”, but that African and Asian countriesâwhich include many Francophones and Anglophones thanks partially to colonialismâsomehow are not.
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Of course, being in a bilingual environment, one comes across many understandable errors in the use of words or phrases by people whose first language is French (Francophones get the same from Anglophones speaking French).
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