Europe

When in Rome, Don’t Speak English. Grazie.

WHEN IN ROME

Furious Italians are defending the sanctity of their native tongue after a navy ad campaign and an aggressive PM trigger worries of an English invasion.

ROME — La lingua italiana è la quarta più studiata al mondo. So, how does it feel to see a language you don’t necessarily understand? Or one that you think you maybe do on a superficial level, but you aren’t quite sure what the phrase really means?

That’s how a growing...

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