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"Globish" seems to be a neologism (contraction of global english) that is not widely used. The main two uses of it seem to be for:

1) a small subset of English with substantially modified spelling and pronounciation proposed in 1998 by Madhukar Gogate. See Conlang Profile 1.

2) a small subset of English with conventional spelling and pronounciation, apparently done as an aid for French-speaking people to learn basic English. Promoted in the 2004 book Parlez Globish (in French) by Jean-Paul Nerrière. See Conlang Profile 2. -- R. S. Shaw 22:59, 2004 Sep 30 (UTC)


  • Globish It seems that there are really many references to JP Nerrière website, which is at least superfluous. This could even suggest that there is an attempt to promote the usage of this word (which as far as I know -- and even in French-speaking countries -- is not widely used, if used at all). I'm refering in particular to the mention of the book "Parlez Globish!" which sounds more like an ad; considering, again, the already large number of links to Nerrière website. Camcom 2006 Jan 26, 7:07pm (UTC+1)
    Of course there are attempts to promote usage of the word 'globish'. It's a buzzword, and more attractive than saying "subset of English" or similar. Nerrière is selling books with the word. I think some others find the buzzword appealing because it suppresses reference to a particular country (England), suggests global use, and probably "sounds cool". It isn't in frequent use anywhere, as far as I can tell, but I'd guess it's used more in France because of the promotion there. I think the word barely warrants a Wikipedia entry. (The Gogate meaning of Globish is even more obscure.) I think I probably put most or all of the Nerrière references into the article, but it wasn't because I was trying to promote him, his book, or the word globish. (In fact I'd like 'globish' to disappear quickly and quietly, as most buzzwords should.) I just put that stuff in because it seemed to best communicate the actual meaning and context of usage of 'globish' as far as I could determine. -R. S. Shaw 20:11, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Move to Global English

"Global English" is far more preferable than this awful portmanteau. --MacRusgail 16:42, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Not really : "Global English" is a construction of a particular English (I will say, it is a theory), while "Globish" is a defined application with a commercial promotion. And "the word Globish is awful" may be the resent of English speakers, but not the same for non-native English speakers. Gwalarn 10:19, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
I'm a non native English speaker, i learned English at a good level reading books and browsing the web, i can communicate easily with people from all around the world using different levels of complexity of the language, even Japanese that have the most terrible English i know, and as such i think Globish is a commercial idea, not necessary in an encyclopedia, at least not in this terms. Plus, the portmanteau is really terrible. 79.42.180.114 (talk) 08:59, 25 May 2008 (UTC)


This page needs to be tagged for deletion. Globish is nothing more than someones idea of a joke.

[edit] Example problems

The example texts in (Standard?) English and Globish should be rewritten so they express the same ideas. Otherwise, the differences between the dialects are impossible to detect for people not familiar with them. -- Beland (talk) 01:04, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Plagiarism/pointless

The Sample of Globish is plagiarized from globish.com. Also AFAICS there's no difference in complexity between the two samples (it's not advertised as a sample on globish.com).

Plus this article is not notable.

Without the list of 1500 words this article is totally pointless. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.154.0.164 (talk) 18:01, 17 May 2008 (UTC)