Translation for 'broken English'

EhBenDisDonc · 17-06-2014 08:33AM #1

I'm seeking a French equivalent of 'broken English'. I'm trying to convey how we tend to talk garbled English to foreigners: slowly, loudly and in broken English.
Not quite pidgin. And 'mauvais Anglais' or 'Anglais maladroit' dont quite do it.
Merci.
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playedalive · 17-06-2014 08:41AM

The verb baragouiner (je baragouine en anglais) has that idea of speaking a language in a rather limited or pidgin way. It would express how you truly speak the language though, imo. Maybe a more expert French speaker could clarify.

Maybe je parle dans un anglais moins courant pour que les étrangers me comprennent. 'Moins courant' means less fluently, with possibly the idea that it's not commonplace English.

EhBenDisDonc · 17-06-2014 02:31PM

Thank you playedalive. I've settled on 'un Anglais simplifié' for now.

playedalive · 17-06-2014 06:14PM

EhBenDisDonc wrote: »

Thank you playedalive. I've settled on 'un Francais simplifié' for now.

Yeah that actually makes more sense. Don't mind me, I was just showing off the randomness I learned in my French degree.

EhBenDisDonc · 17-06-2014 10:43PM

playedalive wrote: »

Don't mind me, I was just showing off the randomness I learned in my French degree.

It was a good effort - my French mother in law said as much when I ran it by her :-)

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