Instead the strength of the euro and the pound, the relative jobs market across Europe, differences in GDP growth, language affinities and cheap coach and rail travel all prove far more important in determining the flow of migrants within Europe than any single immigration policy.
Given how many poems are on display here, conscientious readers are themselves likely to become a species of hawk -- wheeling over the pages with a raptor's eye (though armed with a pencil rather than talons), seeking out choice twists of language, startling affinities.
Their language has affinities with both Cantonese, the language of the people of Guangdong province, and Mandarin, the language of much of northern and central China; many of the Hakka tongue's initial sounds are a bridge between the two dialects.
Tolkien, he said, had originally fallen in love with the Finnish language, which has affinities with Elvish, because it has "fifteen or sixteen cases".
For whatever reason — and probably not merely because in the twenty-eight years since his bar mitzvah he has consumed immeasurable quantities of pork and shellfish — his diction, body language, and general affinities make him come across like a bit player in "GoodFellas," so much so that he's occasionally prone to identity confusion.
There is evidence to show that affinity for language even starts before birth.
He studied at a yeshiva in Meknes, Morocco, and planned to become a Hebrew language teacher, but his affinity for music directed his life.
Frankétienne initially did not know a word of French, but angered at being teased by other students, he set about mastering the language and developing an affinity for words and artistic expression.
Canada and the United States may share a border, a language and much cultural affinity, but if women face broadly similar situations in terms of education and economic opportunity in the two countries, they are far apart in the area of gender equality, the experts said.
They share numbers as a common language and have an affinity towards calculated decisions.
