SocraticGadfly: Chinglish may replace English as American Imperium fades

July 06, 2008

Chinglish may replace English as American Imperium fades

Interestingly, some of the possible changes to English from a heavy Chinese infusion would have Chinglish sounding like “Black English”: loss of helping verbs and definite and indefinite articles.

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Oh, and unlike “Black English,” it’s going to be harder to resist the demographic pressure of hundreds of millions of Chinese.

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