English is no more the monopoly of Britons; nor is she the duopoly of Anglo-Americans. She is a globe-trotter reared and reinvigorated in different countries by diverse communities. The idiot box and internet have further widened her appeal. Her intimacy with different tongues is bound to change her basic character. She is willy-nilly forced to assume a multiple identity. Never before has the rhythm of change in her been faster. It is in the field of vocabulary rather than in that of syntax that purists feel English has sinned most as a result of its tendency to court and couple with words from other languages. One wakes up every morning to the admittance of new words, phrases and idioms. Even "achcha" and "foreign-returned" are said to have gained respectability as contributions from India. The attitude of the innovators seems to be that anything which facilitates communication is to be accepted. You may call this internationalized English "people-friendly lingua franca