My f.l.a. Marc Schweißinger suggests recognising the new language of "Germish": a special language used by Germans who are absolutely sure of their English.
It is nothing new. Not only was Tim Buck there in the 70s, I even contributed myself in 1980 (Treffpunkt vol 12 no 2 pp 16-19, for those with a suitably dusty archive), drawing attention to the divergent meanings in new-German of "starten, Thriller, Automatic" (sc. automatic transmission). But these were a small minority of all the neologisms and loan-words I found. And somehow the German language has survived (complete with very energetic use of its peculiarities, such as Konjunktiv I: grammar is a better indicator of language vitality than is vocabulary).
Best wishes
Alfred
Dr Alfred D White
Reader in German
Director of Studies in German
Chair of the Languages Board of Studies
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