Ive just read the book of mr jeanpaul nerriere, in a spanish edition. Did you know that native speakers of globish global. During a business meeting in english with nonnative speakers, everybody can understand each other with a basic, yet effective, level of english. So, about a year ago, retired computer engineer jeanpaul nerriere published his book dont speak english parlez globish. The author of the french book dont speak english, parlez globish presents an anecdote im sure most people who work in an international company have experienced. Nonnative english speakers from nonanglophone countries use english better between themselves than with any native english speaker. There are 615000 words in the official dictionary of the. His codification of globish has a vocabulary of just 1,500 words only a.
The trademarked term globish, a blend of the words global and english, was coined by french businessman jeanpaul nerriere in the mid1990s. Ce livre va decomplexer et aider tous ceux qui peinent a parler le bel anglais doxbridge ou dailleurs. The author of dont speak english, parlez globish tells an anecdote that moste people who work in a global company have been privy to. His codification of globish has a vocabulary of just 1,500 words. Those few sentences exemplify the way in which it can be adopted to highlight a special interest in virtually any. His book, dont speak english, parlez globish, was a bestseller in france. It is essentially a strippeddown, simplified form of english with a. Ive just finished reading a french book that i found very interesting, dont speak english, speak globish by jeanpaul nerriere. Globish the world over polish by jeanpaul nerriere, 9780982745212, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Hence the landmark book dont speak english parlez globish became a bestseller in french, and other languages, but it never appeared in english.
Globish the world over is the first book written in globishenglish. Globish codifies their very efficient similar limitations. Globish global english, or why nonnative speakers have the. Jeanpaul nerriere, a retired ibm marketing executive, published parlez globish in 2004. Globish is a much simplified form of english used, especially in business, where neither party is a native speaker of english. Dont speak english, hable globish, and i think that it deserves to be read. Globish is a simplified version of angloamerican english used as a worldwide lingua franca. How the english language became the worlds language at. In his 2004 book parlez globish, nerriere included a globish vocabulary of 1,500 words. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The word globish may strike englishspeakers as an odd way to rename their english. Nerriere formulated his ideas in two books he authored, decouvrez le globish meaning discover the globish and do not speak english, parlez globish.
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