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. 基本英语(由850个单词加上一些国际词汇和科技词汇组成的简单英语。最初计划作为国际语言使用)
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. (很多伦敦人和英格兰东南部地区的人讲的)河口英语
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'.