Globish and the opensourcing of english globish for. It uses a subset of standard english grammar and a list of 1500 english words. Purchasing the book through the above intermediary will. My sense about the utility and viability of globish is clearer today than in 2006. The level of language fluency ask question to arouse response intentional mistake to check take a speaking break. Nerriere formulated his ideas in two books he authored, decouvrez le globish meaning discover the globish and do not speak english, parlez globish. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them.
Only six verb tenses are used, not the dozenplus routinely used by native speakers. In his 2004 book parlez globish, nerriere included a globish vocabulary of 1,500 words. In these books, he basically seeks to formalise globish, so everyone can be on the same globish page. Globish has only 1,500 words and users must avoid humour, metaphor, abbreviation and anything else that can cause crosscultural confusion. Globish is a simplified version of angloamerican english used as a worldwide lingua franca. Mr nerriere has developed software to help englishspeakers to acquire written globish. Idioms and metaphors do create problems as they are developed in a certain context nem mondod warm welcome in england does not translate well in tropical countries, like india.
His two books, dont speak english, parlez globish and decouvrez le globish, became bestsellers in france and were also published in spain, italy, south korea and canada. How the english language became the worlds language, a new book by the u. Five years after it was a european bestseller in french, the groundbreaking book dont speak english, parlez globish, is still creating controversy among academics and global. Parlez globish dont speak english by jeanpaul nerriere. His codification of globish has a vocabulary of just 1,500 words only a. Globish reminds me of the book towards plain english by ernest gower in 70s which was a call to make english, well. But even by nerriere s exacting definition, globish. Did you know that native speakers of globish global. These examples, while my own, easily fit the thesis of globish.
Those few sentences exemplify the way in which it can be adopted to highlight a special interest in virtually any. The author of parlez globish, jeanpaul nerriere, has put forth just that name for this new language, globish. Globish is the name given by a frenchman to a form of simplified english spoken by nonnative speakers as a pidgin. Both books have been translated into a number of international languages. Globish the world over is the first book written in globishenglish.
In french, he has published parlez globish langlais planetaire du troisieme millenaire and coauthored with philippe dufresne and jacques bourgon, the instruction book decouvrez le globish. Globish language definition and examples thoughtco. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. English speakers need to make the effort to speak like everyone else. How the english language became the worlds language, 8 globish is like a river accepting many tributaries and has. It is essentially a strippeddown, simplified form of english with a. He calls the language globish, and his book dont speak english, parlez globish explains it. He advised that instead of struggling to master the queens english, they should content themselves with globish. Globish is a much simplified form of english used, especially in business, where neither party is a native speaker of english. Divergence happens through lack of contact, and modern technology makes contact easier and easier. With the globalization effect, globish, or englishlite is. In these selfpublished, but highly successful, volumes.
A former ibm executive,nerriere is the author of such guides as don t speak english. His codification of globish has a vocabulary of just 1,500 words only a fraction of the 615,000 or so of the oxford english dictionary. Hence the landmark book dont speak english parlez globish became a bestseller in french, and other languages, but it never appeared in english. In my opinion, id say that there are very few anglophones who speak a second language, most just say the entire world speaks their language, so they see no point in learning another one. The program checks english words and eliminates those not included in the 1,500strong globish list. In his nerrieres version, globish is a strippeddown, simplified form of english with a mere 1500 words, compared more than 600,000 in the oxford english dictionary.
The international globish institute has released globish the world over, the muchawaited book on gobal english globish that english speakers can actually read. Most can be combined or modified care becomes careful, caring, careless and so on which actually brings 5,000 words into play. Globish, iman kurdi wrote in the arab news, is based on short sentences, simple grammar. Globish the world over challenges english as the world. Bbc news programmes from our own correspondent new. If the trades descriptions act extended to book titles there would be grounds for litigation. From some points of view, this is a description of what used to be known as a lingua franca. Looking at the number of non native english speakers across the world and specially in asia, i can see why globish is a natural language for this very large population of business people and tourists who dont care about the culture of oed and shakespeare. Parlez globish,which is as much an exercise in spreading the use of english as in inviting those fluent with the language to pare down their lexicon in order to be comprehensible to the largest number possible. But i may also prepare a more ambitious article to be a compilation of all the tips for learning a foreign language that ive gleaned from my readings. Globish, as a concept, takes to task the world hegemony of arrogant english speakers. But the basic goal of globish is that only with 1500 words, you can express anything efficiently. In 2004 the french businessman wrote dont speak english parlez globish.
Yasser arafat, an excellent exponent of globish globish has only 1,500 words and users must avoid humour, metaphor, abbreviation and anything else that can cause crosscultural confusion. Image via wikipedia heres the headline and the link. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. There are 615000 words in the official dictionary of the english language. The level of language fluency ask question to arouse response intentional mistake to check take a speaking break in. So, about a year ago, retired computer engineer jeanpaul nerriere published his book dont speak english parlez globish. He had now refined his idea into a practical, and specific linguistic tool. Globish the world over polish by jeanpaul nerriere, 9780982745212, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. In fact there is convergence and dialect levelling throughout the english speaking world as well as in other places of course. Globish and the empire american journal of neuroradiology. Globish, as a concept, takes to task the world hegemony of arrogant englishspeakers. In 2004, nerriere published dont speak english, parlez globish, and a year later, a handbook.