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		Forced Perspective: Sir William Jones gets lost in translation (laphamsquarterly.org)
		11 points by passing on June 11, 2022 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

spratzt on June 11, 2022 [–]

I didn’t realize that it wasn’t until 1835 that English supplanted Persian as the official language for the East India Company.

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