Globish

9 July 2010 - More than seven years in Hong Kong did not really help improving my English. In fact, I just read an article claiming that I probably do not speak English at all, but use globish. Globish is not a language from Lord of The Rings, but an international language close to English. However, it is not always the English familiar to native speakers, but has a nice twist to it. English is now widely spoken all over the world and the language is getting influenced by the fact that so many non-English native speakers use the language to communicate. Most foreigners use a subset standard English grammar, and they use only about 1500 words. The term "globish" was first used by former IBM President Jean-Paul Nerriere who observed that non-native English speakers at international conferences were very well able to communicate with each other, but sometimes failed to understand the Scottish, Australians or other native English speakers. I recognize that, but I sometimes wonder if people understand my Chinglish?