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https://stadtsprachen.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/18-1024x778.jpg1024778In the tram in Cologne, I once chanced upon a group of young girls who were occupying the back benches and clamouring in Turkish. They grew louder by the minute, their laughter went wild, and they took out pens and lip balms from their handbags and threw them at each other. At that stage, a […]