Engrish

Meaning

Proper Noun

• Ungrammatical, unorthographical or nonsensical English, especially that which is found in East Asia, notably in Japan.

Related

Similar words

• Japlish, Janglish
• Nihonglish

Origin

• From the mispronunciation of the word English common to Japanese speakers, who have difficulty distinguishing "L" and "R" sounds. The Japanese transliteration of the word "English", is often used for teaching purposes. In that word, (romanised as "r") is pronounced instead of the English .