a simple form of English consisting of 850 words, as well as some international and scientific words. It was originally intended for use as an international language. 基本英語(由850個單詞加上一些國際詞匯和科技詞匯組成的簡單英語。最初計劃作爲國際語言使用)
English as a lingua franca: a form of English that is sometimes used as a way of communicating by people whose first languages are not English, and that has some features that are not usually considered to be correct in standard English
a way of speaking that many people from London and southeastern England have. It combines some features of standard English with others that are typical of London and areas around the Thames estuary, for example using a glottal stop for the ‘t' sound. (很多倫敦人和英格蘭東南部地區的人講的)河口英語
a way of speaking that is common among young people in London and the south of England. It has elements of Caribbean, South Asian and African American English as well as features of traditional London speech; for example, the use of 'was' for all forms of the past tense of 'be', and the use of the question tag 'innit'.