Czenglish
Czenglish, a portmanteau of the words Czech and English, is any poor
or 'broken'
Another typical aspect is the absence of definite articles (due to lack of articles in Czech language) and using of "some" in
place of an indefinite article. In Czenglish as well as Central European accents [w] is often pronounced as [v] and [th] as [dz]
or [ss], [r] is pronounced in a sharp way similar way to Scottish.
Language humour
Some elements of Czenglish only cause a little confusion and are eventually understood by a native speaker. Others, however, may lead to much more embarrassing situations, since for a native English speaker they seem to be correct English sentences, although the Czech speaker meant to say something different. Such misunderstanding may be recognized only by considering the appropriateness of each of the possible meanings in the given context.
Example
- A Czech girl was working in a pub in the UK when the landlord asked her if she could possibly continue the shift to later.
She replied, "Only if you get down on your knees and please me".
(the mistake here is the inappropriate use of the adverb "please" in a role of a verb, while the correct word should be "ask" or "beg")
External links
- Problems in EFL in the Western Czech Republic
- Rules for CzEnglish
- Geeklandia - Czenglish (in Czech)
- Christopher Bastard - amusing literal translations of idioms from English to Czech and back NOT based on the actual mistakes made by native Czech speakers
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| Europe | British · Czenglish · Danglish · |
| Bermudian · Bahamian · Caribbean · |
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| Asia | Burmese · |
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