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A world of Englishes
A world of Englishes
No regulatory body Fluid vocabulary Historically receptiveNew ways of communicating Dumbing downInternational usage Adapting to fit 
 
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Real Academia Española
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Minitru 
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BNC 
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ELT vsELF 
“English is a world language, which is its strength andparadoxically its weakness”
MadhukarGogate
No regulatory bodyFluid Vocabulary
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Invented words
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“Passive smirting” 
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Imported words
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Sexing up the language? 
“It’s fascinating looking at the creativity of language usersand observing how 21st-century life is moulding the Englishlanguage”
Kerry Maxwell
, lexicographer 
 
Invented words
1. Smirt(v)2. Muggle(n)3. Zorbing(n)4. Blamestorm(v)5. Chav(n)6. Moob(n)7. Peppièr(n)8.Smooze(v)
Can you match the new words with their definitions –and spot the word which isn’t real…yet?
1. Smirt
(v)
 
a) To change insurance / phone companies frequentlyto get the best deal going
2. Muggle
(n)
 
b) The specialised waiter in a posh restaurant whose job it is to offer freshly-ground pepper 
3. Zorbing
(n)
 
c) This happens in meetings held to share ideas abouta project which has gone wrong
4. Blamestorm
(v)
d) A person who is unskilled or lacks specialisedknowledge in a certain area
5. Chav
(n)
 
e) This happens outside offices when staff go out for a cigarette and make new friends (!) 
6. Moobs
(n)
f) This is a member of a working-class English sub-
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