Globalization is a pale name for the promised uniting of humankind, where everyone speaks the common language of cost-benefit numbers.
But this week, The New York Philharmonic has reminded our city, North Korea, and hopefully the world, that the value of music cannot be discounted, as it speaks the common language of the heart.
She had an easy time befriending male colleagues because "we can both speak the common language, the language of logic".
Pence tried to spin away from Kaine's points on policy, using plain speak – the common language of the Trump campaign.
Some are lucky enough to discover new friends — veterans from other units or branches or deployments who, though they may not have served alongside us, served with us, and speak the common language of slang, memories and symbols.
In particular, biostatisticians who can speak the common language of these problems promise to be central to the BRAIN Initiative.
They speak the common language – Hebrew – with different accents, but although they identify as Israelis, the strains of German, Yemeni, Slovak and Hungarian heritage are still hugely important to them.
They speak the common language, Hebrew, with different accents, but although they identify as Israelis, their strains of German, Yemeni, Slovak, and Hungarian heritage are still hugely important to them.
The idea is that you are pretending to speak in the common language of Facebook, and are in fact speaking in that common language, but are aware of how unoriginal you are being; so when you write "omg" you are ironically commenting on the use of "omg," but when other people write "omg" they are seriously saying "oh my God".
Both English and French are still widely spoken, but the common language for all islanders is Bislama, a charming pigeon English.
There are nine others staying at the lodge, ranging from an Indian family with two pre-teen boys, an Italian countess who speaks little English; a Chinese photographer who speaks no English (the common language is biota), and a retired couple who travel the world seeking bucket list wildlife.
