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[quote=JABAROOTOO ,13721]I use the term Chinglish all the time as do many of my colleagues now familiar with the often non standard English spoken by non-native speakers, especially here in China.It is just a phrase that has been coined using a combination of Chinese and English which incidentally runs off the tongue better than any other language combinations I can think of, so it has stuck. Anything that is not standard English could be considered Chinglish.You'll find lots of things that have been translated roughly or directly from a dictionary which are not fluent or everyday speak as well as the spoken word which also falls into this catagory. Some of it is cute or quaint, some of it is just very poor translation and incredibly hard to understand.Unfortunely with the number of people here learning English there is a lot of it about. But you have the same issues learning other languages, it's just not so obvious as it might be here in China.[/quote]
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