>>>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16027006
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>>>then there's no English word either.
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>>>Anyway what a bunch of d_____heads
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>>Sarcasm is unintentional. When the article mentions "a group of automobile enthusiasts", I'm sure that they didn't mean these cars ran on sheer enthusiasm.
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>>As for the shortcomings and shortleavings of English, check Lost for translation - words I just can't translate from Serbian properly.
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>No need to translate them into Serbian. English is the only language anyone needs any more.

Yep, it's been crammed down the world's throat for quite a number of decades. Not one corporation that buys a piece of property anywhere allows its name to be spelled by the rules of local language - it must be in English. And the silent propaganda makes that fashionable. Nowadays on any grocery shelf I can find maybe 10% of fruit juices without labels in English. And sometimes I don't recognize my own language... it's Engrbian now. But then, Franglais and Germisch were invented long ago.

>I did learn something from Nick's link (if indeed it's true) -- all nouns are capitalized in German. I did not know that.

Oh yes they are. Just like All random words are Capitalized in English :).