April 23 is UN English Language Day and it’s a reminder of how weird the English language actually is. There’s no ham on a hamburger… go figure. There’s no-one there but their annoying dog… say again?

English is one of the six official languages of the United Nations (UN). In February 2010, the UN created six language days "to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as to promote ...

English is a democratizing and empowering language, but also an idiosyncratic and difficult one. April 23 is U.N. English Language Day, which was started in 2010 to celebrate the English language and ...

UN Web TV: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13/k13bm14nww On 23 April 2025, in commemoration of the English Language Day 2025 at the United Nations, the UN Movie ...

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