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  • The contraction of web + log surfaced among English-based web users in the late 1990s, but gained global momentum after Google joined the web in 1998.2 In 2002, William Safire, the late New York Times columnist, introduced blog and blogger to his readers, and floated his post–9/11 concept of all combined blogs forming blogistan.3

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • The contraction of web + log surfaced among English-based web users in the late 1990s, but gained global momentum after Google joined the web in 1998.2 In 2002, William Safire, the late New York Times columnist, introduced blog and blogger to his readers, and floated his post–9/11 concept of all combined blogs forming blogistan.3

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Having some of the southern hemisphere's best players on display at Twickenham will be a treat for all English-based fans of the Super 15.

    RFU to host Crusaders v Sharks Super Rugby match at Twickenham 2011

  • The English-based duo of Steven Fletcher and Alan Hutton have been named in the 26-man party but will miss the Lithuania match through injury.

    David Weir recalled to Scotland squad at the age of 40 2010

  • While on a visit to the UK in 1992, he recorded Big Blues from Texas, produced by the English-based blues guitarist Otis Grand.

    Phillip Walker obituary 2010

  • The school offers 23 English-based programs in countries where English is not the native language.

    Internships, study abroad, community service enhance learning 2008

  • At the same time there are several other English-based languages which are similar but have their own vocabulary and grammatical rules: Australian, American, Canadian etc.

    I say pyjama… 2008

  • Languages: English (official, regular use limited to literate minority), Mende (principal vernacular in the south), Temne (principal vernacular in the north), Krio (English-based Creole, spoken by the descendants of freed Jamaican slaves who were settled in the Freetown area, a lingua franca and a first language for 10% of the population but understood by 95%)

    Sierra Leone 2009

  • But watching the English-based Potter series makes us realize how much in denial the rest of the supposedly civilized world is.

    Stanton Peele: Ending Drunkenness in America 2009

  • I believe we will also see a growing number of applications in languages other than English, which will be key given growing interest in South Korea, Japan and China on aging workforce issues (until now they have been mostly focused on childhood development, using English-based programs).

    Alvaro Fernandez: Why You'll Need A Personal Brain Trainer 2009

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