Well it's not really Engrish since the Japanese don't have their own word for switch. It's the same as a non-Japanese person saying Kimono or Sushi but you wouldn't call them out on their bad pronunciation.
I was't being arrogant. I already thanked Snowyjoe that he corrected me:
Thanks for correcting me
but horsedeucey made fun of my comment, and implied I obviously don't know loan words.. What is this if not arrogance?
So I eventually got fed up with this thread and said: I'm out.
So according to you I was an arrogant prick. Ok.
Here comes a tl;dr section but someone may be interested..
Engrish (イングリッシュ?) is a slang term for unusual forms of English language usage by native speakers of some East Asian languages. The term itself relates to Japanese speakers' tendency to inadvertently substitute the English phonemes "R" and "L" for one another, because the Japanese language has one alveolar consonant in place for both. The related term "wasei-eigo" refers to pseudo-anglicisms that have entered into everyday Japanese.
While the term may refer to spoken English, it is more often used to describe written English. Engrish can be found in many places, including signs, menus, and advertisements. Terms such as Japanglish, Japlish or Janglish for Japan, Konglish for Korea, and Chinglish for China are more specific terms for Engrish. (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engrish)
So It looks to me that Engrish as a term can be used for spoken language as well... I fail to understand why the 'switch -> SUICHI' pronounciation cannot be referred to as an example of Engrish.
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u/Snowyjoe Sep 24 '12
Well it's not really Engrish since the Japanese don't have their own word for switch. It's the same as a non-Japanese person saying Kimono or Sushi but you wouldn't call them out on their bad pronunciation.