Engrish

English thumb|a poorly translated ja 縁むすび守 (love talisman) Etymology From the mispronunciation of the word en English common to Japanese speakers, who have difficulty distinguishing /l/ ~ /r/ sounds. The Japanese transliteration of the word en English, ^イングリッシュ is often used for teaching purposes. In that word, /ɾ/ (romanized as ja r) is pronounced instead of the English /l/. Pronunciation ĭng′grĭsh; en /ˈɪŋ.ɡɹɪʃ/ en /ˈɪŋ.ɡɹɪʃ/ RP,GenAm,CanE,AuE,ScE en /ˈəŋ.ɡɹəʃ/ NZE en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Engrish.wav Southern England en ɪŋɡɹɪʃ 2 en Eng rish Proper noun en sometimes derogatory ungrammatical, unorthographical or nonsensical English of the kind found in East Asia, notably in Japan. en Janglish Japanese English Japanglish Japlish ; Nihonglish<l:rare> en 2003 Bruce L. Russell Channelling Henry 129 'Why you not teach Engrish more? I must aspeak Engrish.' The Chelsea's resident mad painter was angry at the way Jeremy had been ignoring him. See also en Chinglish Chinese English Thesaurus:English language Anagrams en eghinrs hersing hingers negrish rehings en autological terms en Dialects English Japanese Linguistics