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> real-life English I get what you mean, but want to point out that this Global English which allows the folks to communicate is real-life English as it gets.
by bckr 5y ago
> real-life English
I get what you mean, but want to point out that this Global English which allows the folks to communicate is real-life English as it gets. It's just not Her Majesty's or Mr. President's.
- bradknowles 5y agoI would equate it more to a Pidgin English, or a lowest common denominator dialect that throws out 80% or more of the parent language. Yes, I lived in Brussels, Belgium for almost eight years. I heard plenty of Belgians who spoke English better than many native US speakers, but I also heard plenty of people speaking what I would consider a very broken English, more like what is being discussed here.