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You Heard Me

Students learning English in the Puttalam district of Sri Lanka were presented with a skills test. Questions on the test included “Why not do you like one this are?”, “How about this are sir? Will I can give it to you for 300 rupies.”, and “You want to apply for a soholarship to a college in England. Complele this application from.” (Reuters) ...If you think that’s bad, wait until you see what the official answers were.


Publication Date: 13 August 1995

This story is in True's book collection, Volume 2.
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