tarzan english

Example Sentences

• "This book, written in Tarzan English, is so vivid and moving that the reader is compelled to live each and every page in spite of himself."
• "After the trial was over Mr. Silvester sent to the War Office a letter which had been posted to him from Berhn, written in Tarzan English and signed Elsa Schutz."
• "In an effort to communicate with newcomers who understand and speak little English, we sometimes use "Tarzan English," that is, we chop our sentences short, in an effort to be understood."
• "P.S. Sorry for my tarzan english, not a native speaker."
• "Terms like Tarzan English have been used to describe how some immigrant children communicate with English-speaking people. This form of communication consists of talking in a broken manner while mixing English and Spanish (e.g., phrases like "Me no speak English.")."
• "In the smallish Thai city where I live, most ex-pats, foreigners or Farangs put little stock in learning Thai. The demographic is generally older, retired, western men who are generally married to middle-aged Thai women and communicate in Thainglish or Tarzan English as my little group of friends like to call it."