Another example of a mongrel language is Spanglish, which refers to the blend of Spanish and English. The Hispanic population of the United States and the British population in Argentina use varieties of this linguistic blend and sometimes, the creole spoken in Spanish holiday resorts which are exposed to both English and Spanish is called Spanglish. For example parquear is a mixture of the English “to park” and the Spanish “estacionar”; carpeta is “folder” in standard Spanish but it is used with the meaning of “carpet” instead of the Spanish ‘alfombra’; actualmente, means “currently,” in Spanish and is used (incorrectly) instead of the words ‘de echo,’ taking on the English meaning, “actually”.

Chinglish is a similar linguistic phenomenon. Some Chinese may be offended to be labelled as speaking it, but according to our blogpost on the 8 Latest Cultural Behaviour in Hong Kong, the use of Chinglish is inevitable since most 80’s born Hong Kong Chinese now prefer to add the “Chinese interjections” at the end of an English sentence. This occurs in Malaysian and Singaporean Chinese too: i.e. “Let’s do it” becomes “Let’s do it la!”;”OK” becomes “OK la!”.

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Esperanto is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language and its tidy roots and suffixes are well suited to playing scrabble: for those of a certain mindset, playing in Esperanto is even more compelling. A recent game in London featured words like acajeto (a little bit of dirt) and artamehoj (echoes of the love of art).

“A language isn’t something you learn so much as something you join,” says Arika Okrent, author of a book on artificial argots. A language is in fact closely related to a person’s culture. The vocabulary and semantics of Esperanto are derived from European languages, so both the grammar and the ‘international’ vocabulary are difficult for many Asians, among others, and gives an unfair advantage to speakers of European languages.”

Esperanto has failed its founder’s aim to create a politically neutral language that would foster peace and international understanding between people. This is probably due to the fact that Esperanto doesn’t represent a specific ethnic culture, so nobody in particular has a strong interest in using it.

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Sell on demand. Take a look at Unbound’s novel idea in Britain. This system of raising funds to publish books aims at lowering the level of investment. Although the book business is still in demand, neither the editors nor the authors are making enough to cover their expenses and make a profit. As a result, no one is making money! Visitors enter their websites to pledge money for a book that is only part-written. The book then gets published based on the funds raised for the writer to complete the book, reducing the necessary level of investment.

Lateral thinking. The Summer season usually hits hard on domestic spending because the Brits love going abroad. This year is even worse with the faltering economy. Observe Selfridges, one of UK’s biggest department stores: it has taken the route of launching Christmas shopping during summer. You may grin at this but in fact summer is the peak season for visiting tourists and many find this amusing and amazing. Selfridges is expecting a growth in their sales by 10% this financial year.

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