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	British and Malaysian English differences - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		To a large extent, standard Malaysian English is descended from British English, largely due to the country's colonisation by Britain beginning from the 18th century.
		Malaysian English is gradually forming its own vocabulary, these words come from a variety of influences.
		In Malaysian English, the last syllable of a word is sometimes not pronounced with the strength that it would be in British English.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_and_Malaysian_English_differences (1183 words)

	Regional accents of English speakers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Welsh accent of English is strongly influenced by the phonology of the Welsh language, which 20% of the population of Wales still speak as their first or second language.
		The northern Irish accent (Mid Ulster English) is spoken in the historical province of Ulster, i.e.
		English is the lingua franca of Singapore, a former British colony.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Distinguishing_accents_in_English (2287 words)

	Manglish - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Manglish (or sometimes Malglish) is the colloquial version of the English language as spoken in Malaysia and it is a portmanteau of the word Malay and English.
		In old Malaya, English was the language of the British administration whilst Malay was spoken as the lingua franca of the street.
		Speakers of Manglish from the country's different ethnic groups tend to intersperse varying amounts of expressions or interjections from their mother tongue - be it Malay, Chinese or Indian - which, in some cases, qualifies as a form of code-switching.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Manglish (1036 words)

	Inter Press Service News Agency
		English, once shunned as the language of colonialism, is now regarded as the passport to success in the modern world and is rapidly replacing Islamic studies and the sciences.
		English may have been the language of the colonial masters, Hussein said, ''but it was also the language which our founding fathers acquired, took to London, and returned as masters of their own land''.
		English continued to be taught as a second language in rural Malaysia but its quality declined because of official hostility, rise of Islam and poor teaching resources.
	www.ipsnews.net /africa/sendnews.asp?idnews=29996 (1279 words)

	English
		English is descended from the language spoken by the Germanic tribes the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes that began populating the British Isles around 500 AD.
		English is also one of the primary languages of Belize (with Spanish), Canada (with French), Cameroon (with French and African languages), Dominica, St. Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (with French Creole), the Federated States of Micronesia, Ireland (with Irish), Liberia (with African languages), Singapore and South Africa (with Afrikaans and other African languages).
		English orthography is historical, not phonological, orthography and diverges considerably from the spoken language.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.net /definition/english... (14524 words)

	British English -
		British English (BrE) is a term used to differentiate between the form of the English language used in the United Kingdom and those used elsewhere.
		Although British English is often used to denote the English spelling and lexicon used outside the U.S., this usage is not completely accurate, as almost all British spelling rules and the vast majority of British vocabulary are actually shared among the whole English-speaking world outside the U.S. (except Canada as far as lexicon is concerned).
		Historically, the widespread usage of English across the world is attributed to the former power of the British Empire, and hence the most common form of English used by the British ruling class that of south-east England (the area around the capital, London, and the ancient English university towns of Oxford and Cambridge).
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/En-GB (694 words)

	American English
		This change is not universal for British English (and in fact is not considered to be part of Received Pronunciation), but it does not occur in any North American dialect, with the exception of Newfoundland English.
		American English has both spelling and grammatical differences from British English, some of which were made as part of an attempt to rationalize the English spelling used by British English at the time.
		However, it was the British composers Gilbert and Sullivan who felt it necessary to point out that their ideal officer in HMS Pinafore "almost always said 'If you please.'".
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/a/am/american_english.html (1995 words)

	Asia Times Online :: Southeast Asia news and business from Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam
		Apparently, the difficulties that Malays have in competing in a rapidly globalizing world is being attributed by the older generation to their failure to master English, and even to turning their backs on the language in 1970 in a wave of nationalism.
		"Forty-eight years on we should not be shy to say English is a Malaysian language," he said, giving the all-important official cue for the drive to once again excel in a language that seems to have thrived globally rather than declined in the post-colonial phase.
		"English has to be learned as a language, it can't be acquired by learning science and mathematics in English," said a school headmaster then who had opposed the scheme and asked not to be identified.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Southeast_Asia/GH25Ae02.html (1387 words)

	Newswise
		American English went through the same process when it became distinct from British English in the 18th century.
		English, an Indo-European language that is rooted in Germanic and romance languages, originated in the United Kingdom.
		British and to some extent American colonialism in the 18th and 19th centuries played a key role in introducing English around the world.
	www.newswise.com /articles/view/513067 (720 words)

	ADVANCE for Nurse Practitioners \| Editorial
		Americans need to realize that English as they know it is not what the rest of the world knows, said a Purdue University English language expert.
		English, an Indo-European language that is rooted in Germanic and romance languages, originated in the
		"Today, English is also at home in much of the South and Southeast, and parts of Africa, to the extent that we can speak of Malaysian English, South African English or Indian English as we do American or British English," she reported.
	nurse-practitioners.advanceweb.com /common/editorial/editorial.aspx?CC=64002 (738 words)

	Singapore English: Readings
		The role of English in Singapore is different from the role of English in Malaysia and in Brunei.
		Brown is a phonetician, British by origin, but lived in Singapore for many years, and has written this book for general readers with both Singaporean and non-Singaporean readers in mind.
		The Singapore English speech continuum and its basilect `Singlish' as a creoloid.
	www.leeds.ac.uk /english/staff/afg/singeb2.html (2361 words)

	Varieties of English: Definition and Instruction
		Students need to be aware of the two varieties of English and their differences, though I'm simplifying a little as there are many more than two varieties in use in Malaysia and the English spoken and written is across a continuum; there is not a sharp divide with a chasm between.
		When I've been in places where British English is the preferred form, I haven't had any problem in teaching it, as long as I made myself familiar with what I would be teaching ahead of time.
		Perhaps you could call on their superior knowledge of English and say that language is so complicated that, at first simple rules are taught, and then, as students gain more command over the language, that more varieties are taught.
	www-writing.berkeley.edu /TESL-EJ/ej18/f1.html (8304 words)

	NationMaster.com - Detailed Nation Profile: Malaysia
		Malaysia was formed in 1963 when the former British colonies of Singapore and the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak on the northern coast of Borneo joined the Federation.
		Malaysia was originally settled by the Malays but under the British came immigrants from China and India around the 19th century.
		Now Malaysians live in harmony side by side different cultures and religions although there were some misunderstanding in the 60's.
	www.nationmaster.com /country/my (229 words)

	MY-MALAYSIA.INFO :: Manglish - Colloquial Version of English Spoken in Malaysia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Manglish (or sometimes Malglish) is the colloquial version of the English language as spoken in Malaysia and it is a
		For all practical purposes, Manglish and Singlish are subsets of the same group.
		Manglish also uses some anachronistic British terms from the era of British colonization (see "gostan" and "outstation").
	my-malaysia.info /manglish.html (280 words)

	IISD Linkages - Recent meetings - Trade and Investment
		Differences on the relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity remained at the TRIPS Council meeting held on 14-15 March 2006.
		However, according to news reports, differences between a group of developing countries and the US and Japan meant no firm recommendation on development issues will be taken to WIPO’s General Assembly meeting, which is scheduled for late September 2005.
		During discussions on these outcomes, some differences were reported on the exact role of UNCTAD, as well as on the policies of the IMF and World Bank, with some civil society groups giving the final declaration mixed reviews.
	www.iisd.ca /recent/recentmeetings.asp?id=9 (13842 words)

	ipedia.com: Manglish Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Manglish is the version of the English language as spoken in Malaysia and is very similar to Singlish in Singapore.
		Since 1968, Malay, or Bahasa Malaysia, has been the country's sole official language, and while English is still widely used, many Malay words have become part of common usage in English.
		See also: British and Malaysian English differences, Singlish.
	www.ipedia.com /manglish.html (366 words)

	Writing & Language Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		His "audience is primarily undergraduates in college English classes, though of course some advice will be appropriate for high schoolers and graduate students.
		Attractive page, teaching written Arabic to English speakers, with sections on common expressions, numbers and colors, questions, in the city, at home, professions, and vegetables and fruits.
		This links is English to Farsi; there's also a Farsi to English dictionary (very cool -- you enter letters by clicking on a Farsi language keyboard) and an online translator (results sent to you by e-mail).
	www.waterborolibrary.org /writing.htm (4488 words)

	James & Fionnuala & Daire & Kate visit Malaysia December 2003
		Travlang English - Malaysian TravLang Bahasa Melayu untuk pelancong (English)
		The Malay for CHEESE is KEJU (KAYJOO) Imagine they cage you for stealing cheese.
		The Malaysian Star It was quite surprising to us how everything was done through English still.
	www.dspsrv.com /~jamesc/photos/Malaysia (1373 words)

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