English
Pronunciation
IPA|/ËdÊɪÅÉ¡lɪÊ/
Alternative spellings
Jinglish
Etymology
blend|Japanese|English; compare Singlish, Yinglish, etc.
Noun
en-noun|-
- Japanese-influenced English, especially when nonstandard or ungrammatical.
#*1997, James W. Rinehart, Christopher Huxley & David Robertson, Just Another Car Factory?: Lean Production and Its Discontents
#*:That this company is half Japanese-owned is obvious. Japanese words spelled out in English (what someone referred to as âJenglishâ) are used and posted throughout the plant.
#*1998, Robert Brenner & Gregory Capelo, VCR Troubleshooting & Repair
#*:Since many VCRs are designed and built in Japan, a mixture of Japanese-to-English writing style sometimes called âJapanenglishâ or âJenglishâ is often found in much documentation. This makes some of the expressions difficult to understand.
#*1999, Dan in Japan: jenglish (website)
#*:What is Jenglish (pronounced jing-lish)? It's all of the funny English in Japan that you see on signs, books, T-shirts, vending machines... it's everywhere. ... it doesn't quite have that "native English speaker" nuance.
#*2001, Nancy Brown Diggs, Looking Beyond the Mask: When American Women Marry Japanese Men
#*:She also thinks that âbeing so close to the culture has ruined my English. I have had to choose easier words, shorter sentences, ... We call it âJinglish,â Japanese-English.â
Synonyms
Engrish
ru:Jenglish
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