Jean Paul Nerrière

Mr Nerrière, 66, originally sought to help non-English speakers — and notably his compatriots from France — in the era when business meetings are invariably held en anglais. He advised that instead of struggling to master the Queen’s English, they should content themselves with Globish.

His two books, Don’t Speak English, Parlez Globish and Découvrez le Globish, became bestsellers in France and were also published in Spain, Italy, South Korea and Canada. They are also being translated into Japanese.

“Globish is a proletarian and popular idiom which does not aim at cultural understanding or at the acquisition of a talent enabling the speaker to shine at Hyde Park Corner,” he wrote.

“It is designed for trivial efficiency, always, everywhere, with everyone.”

Mr Nerrière says that his globalised version of English is now so common that Britons, Americans and other English-speakers should learn it too. “The point is that Anglophones no longer own English,” he told The Times in Paris.

“It is now owned by people in Singapore, Ulan Bator, Montevideo, Beijing and elsewhere.”

David Hon

David Hon is co-author with Jean-Paul Nerrière on the latest book about Globish, Globish The World Over( GWO), which is the first book ever completely written in Globish. GWO was an Amazon bestseller in Japan in 2011.

Hon became interested in Globish after a successful career in medical simulation by computer, for which he was a speaker at a TED conference as well as presenting for the U.S. Congress, and for which he was awarded several U.S. Patents.

Because David had taught English in South America after college, he immediately recognized the value of Globish and Jean-Paul Nerrière's approach.

Liddy Nevile,
BJuris, LLB, MEd, PhD.

Liddy works with the mix of technology, education and development of an open, multi-cultural, multilingual Web that caters for everyone, including those with disabilities.

Her interest is in helping people communicate with each other, whatever their first language, so everyone can learn more about sharing the world with others, peacefully.

In particular, Liddy is concerned to ensure that anyone with a disability that makes it difficult to use resources and services can participant in the information era.

Free education is now possible and it is very important that everyone who wants it can gain access to it. Very often literacy levels, language problems, disabilities and contexts mean that Globish can make the difference for them.