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Britons urged to learn foreign

A NEW campaign is urging Britons to improve their grasp of foreign.

THE 1,000 Words of Foreign campaign hopes to challenge the assumption that people from the UK are lazy linguists.

A spokesman said: “Standards have slipped but it’s not too late. Foreign is a really interesting language and includes many words you already you, like ‘pizza’ and ‘garcon’.”

27-year-old Tom Logan said: “Jesus, I only know about 80 words of English and now they want me to learn foreign?

“It’s not like when I go on holiday I want stimulating cultural discourse with local people and learn about their way of life.

“I just want to get pissed.”

Your astrological week ahead, with Psychic Bob

Libra (23 SEP-23 OCT)
The finale of Dexter sees him killed by the bloke who used to sell him his arrows. Fairly obvious bit of casting for that role.

Scorpio (24 OCT-21 NOV)
You wondered whether Moyes could replicate his Everton form at United. With seven points after six games, I think the answer’s yes.

Sagittarius (22 NOV-21 DEC)
Don’t be hard on yourself, you’re not the world’s worst person. In fact you’ve barely scraped the top 20 worst people.

Capricorn (22 DEC-19 JAN)
No word from Universal Pictures about your biopic of baseball player Ty Cobb which focuses on his series of one-night stands called Humpty Dumpty.

Aquarius (20 JAN-19 FEB)
Bad news as you install IOW7 rather than IOS7 on your phone and now if you want to send a message you have to wait for the hourly ferry from Portsmouth.

Pisces (20 FEB-20 MAR)
For the last month the top lenses in your bifocals have been broken, meaning you’ve been unable to  read internet articles, just the comments underneath. As a result you’ve assumed everyone on the planet has had a serious head injury.

Aries (21 MAR-19 APR)
Cats, they’re just like little human beings, aren’t they? Especially you, you lazy, hairy, freeloading arsehole.

Taurus (20 APRIL – 20 MAY)
You’ve put the heating on for the first time since April. Not because it’s cold but because you’ve spent the last six months saving up to pay for it.

Gemini (21 MAY-20 JUN)
This week, why not improve your election chances by wearing a t shirt with Michael Gove’s face and the caption ‘This prick isn’t one of ours’ on it?

Cancer (21 JUN-22 JUL)
Apparently it’s bad form during a marriage guidance session to say “If they tried to charge me bedroom tax I’d be due a sodding rebate.”

Leo (23 JUL-22 AUG)
It’s not a Retro Pop Up Street Food Experience, it’s a hot dog van.

Virgo (23 AUG-22 SEP)
All rights reserved, including the one to PAAAAARRRRTYYYYYY!

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