Globish

See also: globish

English

Etymology

Blend of global +‎ English, late 20th c.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡloʊbɪʃ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡləʊbɪʃ/

Proper noun

Globish

1. A simplified version of the English language, not created but consisting of the most common English words and phrases, enabling non-English-speakers to communicate.

   Synonym: International English

   Coordinate term: ELF

   • 2006 August 6, Noam Cohen, “Language not pronounced trippingly on native tongue”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The typical conversation in Globish could be grating to a native speaker, but get the job done between, say, a Kenyan and a Korean trying to navigate a business deal or asking for help at the airport check-in.

   • 2008, Mark Abley, The Prodigal Tongue: Dispatches from the Future of English, page 98:

     Nobody is likely to grow up speaking Globish as a mother tongue.

   • 2011, Robert McCrum, Globish: How English Became the World's Language, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 280:

     Across a dozen different time zones, financial journalists in each of these cities filed reports for their national desks, but the language of the crisis was unvaryingly Globish.

   • 2012, Gerard Kelly, Church Actually: Rediscovering the Brilliance of God's Plan, page 144:

     Perhaps most importantly, Globish cannot draw on the history and idioms of any one culture.

   • 2018, Gaston Dorren, Babel: Around the World in Twenty Languages:

     Meanwhile, the local Englishes of Asian and African countries will become increasingly regional in flavour. But the rise of Globish may be prevented by the Babel chip.

Descendants

• → French: globish

Translations

simplified version of English

• Finnish: globaalienglanti
• French: globish (fr) m

See also

• Franglais
• Hinglish
• Newspeak
• Spanglish

Further reading

• Globish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• International English on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• blogish