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Globish #1 (permalink) Sun Jun 06, 2010 12:57 pm   Globish
 

Hi,

'Globish' is the new English according to a book just published by Robert McCrum.
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Jean-Paul Nerrière, a French businessman coined the term "globish" in 1995. He had noticed that non-native English speakers in Asia found it easier to do business with one another than with native speakers. Globish was his name for the kind of English they were using: a "decaffeinated" version without complexity or cultural baggage
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Now where does that leave us?

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Globish #2 (permalink) Mon Jun 07, 2010 14:41 pm   Globish
 

That is very sad news.
I guess this definition implies that this 'globish' is also rife with all manner of mistakes and oddities that would raise a few eyebrows with native speakers.
I'm never settling for 'globish'.
I also opine that in all honesty it should be renamed to 'sloppish', which much better reflects the essence of this new variation of English.
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