Re: Lingua Franca Today

["Jo Baer" <jbaer -at- tcfbank -dot- com>]

There's a very good definition of the term in The Oxford Companion to the
English Language. The intended meaning in your example is "common language."
Since more people understand "common language" than "lingua franca," I would
choose the former, unless there is some overriding reason to use the latter.

Jo

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Jo Baer
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                       Nicol Williamson


kelley wrote:

>
>
> so, i thought i'd stick a little sidebar/call out box in the report with a
> brief history of the phrase.
>
> what exactly do we call the english that is the lingua franca of the
> contemporary corporate world?
>
> corporate english? business english? american english?  ??


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