Engrish
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Engrish is a slang term for the misuse or corruption of the English language by native speakers of some East Asian languages. The term itself relates to Japanese speakers' tendency to inadvertently substitute the English phonemes "R" and "L" for one another, because the Japanese language has one alveolar consonant in place for both. The related term "wasei-eigo" refers to pseudo-anglicisms that have entered into everyday Japanese.
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See also
- Perception of /r/ and /l/ by the Japanese
- All your base are belong to us
- Denglisch
- Faux Cyrillic
- Franglais
- Hinglish
- Hong Kong English
- Japanese Pidgin English
- Manglish
- Non-native pronunciations of English
- Runglish
- Singlish
- Spanglish
- Taglish
- Tinglish
- Wasei-eigo
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