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 Message 3546 
 Anton Shepelev to Denis Mosko 
 Imagine all the people... 
 28 Jan 21 19:31:02 
 
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Denis Mosko:

> It is string from song of band from England/Britain...

An obligatory brag (or disgrace!): my demo recording of this
song:

   https://soundcloud.com/anton-shepelev/imagine-1

The singer will appreciate your comments on his
pronunciation.

> Beatles sing song: people or peoples?

I think Lennon was dreaming about a cosmopolitic utopia
without nations, so the countable meaning of `peoples'
made no sense to him.

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