Chinglish

[Herb Stahlke]

You're right.  I spaced on the initial g- of the second syllable.

Herb

On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 1:51 AM, Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net> wrote:
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> LanDi Liu wrote:
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>> Actually, Herb, I've never heard that from a native English speaker.
>> I believe most people say "ching-glish" (to go along with
>> "ing-glish").  ; )
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>> Randy
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>> On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 8:05 AM, Herb Stahlke <hfwstahlke at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> No, it's "ching" as in "ching-lish."
> This is my casual perception also ("ching-glish"). Similarly for
> Hinglish, Denglish, etc.
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> However note that MW3 gives something like /INlIS/ "ing-lish" as an
> alternative to /INglIS/ "ing-glish" for "English" ... and I think there
> may also occur /InglIS/ "in-glish". One wouldn't notice the difference
> usually IMHO.
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> -- Doug Wilson
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