carabao English

carabao English
 n.β€” Β«Whenever you hear a non-native English speaker, a Filipino specifically, uttering broken “carabao” English, or a version you are not used to hearing, please reserve your criticism.Β» β€”β€œWorld has more than one English” by Eric Ariel Salas in South Dakota State University Collegian (Brookings, South Dakota) Oct. 29, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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