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Rudiwal

Rudiwal

Japan

February 20, 2007
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Do you speak Indian English, Jamaican English, or... Malaysian English? There are so many "Englishes" in the world!

For example, I've heard that in Malaysian English, "bungalow" refers to a mansion or a luxuriously decorated house, whereas in US or UK, it refers to a small house or a cottage.

Another example... in Philippine English, a bathroom is refered to as "C.R. (Comfort Room)"... yeah, we can all understand why it is called this way Wink

Tell me if you know any other interesting vocabs in different Englishes!!

02:11 AM Aug 25 2008

birdinworld
中國

  Yes .there are many kinds  of english  around  the  world.i like speaking english ,but my  english is not  very  good ,so i jion  the  english  baby.

09:08 PM Jan 12 2008

liu3061

liu3061
中國
I remember in high school, my English teacher, said the English national distinction Douguai I did not listen to either idea can be ~~~~~~~~~~~``^_^Tongue out

07:20 PM Jan 04 2008

chaoqun50265169
中國

dear far-off friend , i think you know much about english,and your enlisn is good.although i know less general knowledge than you, but i like english.

now i persist in learning this language, i alse learn it after i graduate.

11:02 AM Sep 22 2007

brutal99

brutal99
義大利

 italians oftes use "box" meaning garage for cars

09:06 AM Jul 27 2007

jamiealan35921
英國

yes, there are a lot of different englishes. you know- american english is different from brittish/england/UK english. but it's only a little different.

08:50 PM Apr 21 2007

skyminder

skyminder
中國

 Do you know anything about Chinish? They are very interesting, many kinds of pronunciation to one words.