The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #81477   Message #1500789
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
05-Jun-05 - 07:54 PM
Thread Name: BS: Any one speak Globish? This is serious..
Subject: RE: BS: Any one speak Globish? This is serious..
I think some people may have missed the piss-taking element here. Just have a look at this page from that site Mr Reed gave us, headed: Read the two documents below, in sequence as presented here, and then ask yourself the one and only key question: "If I wanted to help someone in Zanzibar or Oulan-Bator understand what is the idea behind globish, which of the two documents should I send?", followed by an "American version" and a "Globish version".

The joke being that the latter is written in straightforward literate English, whereas the former is...not. (Not written in literate American English for that matter, but in parody journalese.)

And for those people who don't like to click blue clickies, here is how the two versions start:

(American)This little tidbit of literary joy is amiable and a slam dunk to peruse, notwithstanding the fact that it has the overwhelming gall to propose a revamping of our methods of verbal exchange around the world.

(Globish) This book is easy to read and with pleasure. Still, it proposes a complete change in the way we communicate around the world.