anotherbanana Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 ‘Globish’ is a mixture of English and French. English words have infiltrated the French language to the extent that they are almost part of the furniture. And some are still moaning that French has been polluted. Do grow up. https://www.lefigaro.fr/langue-francaise/actu-des-mots/parlez-vous-le-globish-20220203 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ko12x2 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 The usual definition of Globish is a simplified version of English using 1500 words (compared with Shakespeare's 20,000 or so and the 170k+ in current use according to OED). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherbanana Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share Posted February 3, 2022 Ah, the English spoken by Influencers!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssomon Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 One day l'Academie will realise that C18 French is not adequate for C21, cannot cope with modern life, and that whatever far-fetched new words they invent to replace the foreign ones they dislike rarely catch on, as the "bad" words are already too extensively used. In any case, there are probably just as many French words used (or misused) in everyday English, which doesn't really bother anyone in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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