ABSTRACT
Casimir, Hendrik B.G. There exists today a universal language that is spoken and understood almost everywhere: it is Broken English. I am not referring to PidginEnglish-a highly formalized and restricted branch of B.E.—but to the much more general language that is used by the waiters in Hawaii, prostitutes in Paris and ambassadors in Washington, by businessmen from Buenos Aires, by scientists at international meetings and by dirtypostcard peddlers in Greece-in short, by honorable people like myself all over the world . . . The number of speakers of Broken English is so overwhelming and there are so many for whom B.E. is almost the only way of expressing themselves-at least in certain spheres of activitythat it is about time that Broken English be regarded as a language in its own right.
