ELT World » types of english Your local friendly TEFL blog Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:32:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 The Curry Chicken Picks the Rice /2008/05/the-curry-chicken-picks-the-rice/ /2008/05/the-curry-chicken-picks-the-rice/#comments Tue, 27 May 2008 09:23:00 +0000 david /2008/05/the-curry-chicken-picks-the-rice/ …in Chinese restaurants, which comes as quite a surprise, I can tell you. Thanks again to Jimmy Ng who is sending me some classic stuff via email. Click here to take a look at more examples from the bizarre world of Chinglish!

Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.

]]> /2008/05/the-curry-chicken-picks-the-rice/feed/ 0 Jeremy Harmer: the Queen is Irrelevant /2008/02/jeremy-harmer-the-queen-is-irrelevant/ /2008/02/jeremy-harmer-the-queen-is-irrelevant/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:35:00 +0000 david /2008/02/jeremy-harmer-the-queen-is-irrelevant/ New York-based English language expert and TEFL legend Jeremy Harmer has said that “the idea of speaking Queen’s English is no longer relevant to the world in 2008, especially in the context of compatibility and intelligibility of the language.”

The legendary Jeremy Harmer

Speaking to The Hindu website he said it was “absolutely fantastic” to see so many different kinds of English, including “American, Pakistani, Indian, Australian and Singlish (Singaporean English)” being taught and learnt in India. What a charmer.

Read The Hindu article.

Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.

]]> /2008/02/jeremy-harmer-the-queen-is-irrelevant/feed/ 0