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Globish is a "decaffeinated English" that is becoming a widely used international language. Times journalist Ben Macintyre described how, waiting for a flight from Delhi, he overheard a conversation between a Spanish UN peacekeeper and an Indian soldier. "The Indian spoke no Spanish; the Spaniard spoke no Punjabi. Yet they understood each other easily. The language they spoke was a highly simplified form of English, without grammar or structure, but perfectly comprehensible, to them and to me. Only now," he concluded, "do I realise that they were speaking 'Globish', the newest and most widely spoken language in the world."
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I'm not convinced that Globish exists. On my travels I have come across people who speak English well, some who speak it badly and many who speak no English at all.
We do need a common second language for all, and I suggest wider use of Esperanto is the best way forward.
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