Bad English

The language "Bad English" is an informal amalgamation of several forms of slang, jargon, verbal text-speak, and very often in-jokes. It is most often used for affect or in close circles of friends and/or acquaintences.

There appears to be a highly emotional component to the language, with words and phrases often having a "feel" as well as a meaning, and the most used words and phrases being focused on emotional reactions and relationships. In several cases, different words may mean the same thing, but have emotional implications on how the definition should be percieved.

Writing System

Variations in basic English spelling conventions are extremely common. Often, text-speak is used, as well as alternative phonetic spellings.

Phonology

Accents and immigrant languages heavily influence the English-based language. Though the phonology is primarily English and Latin-family linguistics, many influences modify that into a mash of phonologies.

Morphology

The morphology is fast and can best be explained via mathematical chaos theory. Small, random effects can have vast and on-going influences in how the vocabulary and pronunciation progress.

Nominalization/Denominalization

Perhaps the biggest contributor to the morphological vocabulary of Bad English, is the technique of nominalization/denominalization. Nominalization is when a non-noun word is used as a noun. Denominalization is when a noun is used as something other than a noun.

These processes are often referred to as nouning, verbing, etc. While frowned upon in some linguistic circles, de/nominalization is used frequently in Bad English.

Syntax

Syntax is primarily the same as in English. However, variations can appear based on other linguistic influences, emphasis affectations, and class/educational variations in speakers of Bad English. Even pop culture references can change how sentence structure forms around specific phrases or topics.

Vocabulary

Vocabulary for Bad English combines English, immigrant languages, pop culture references, slang, verbal text-speak, etc. Frankly, so long as enough people understand and pass on new words or phrases, they quickly become an accepted part of the language.

Phonetics

There are no real consistant rules for phonetic spelling, though there is a greater emphasis on phonetic and/or random spellings for Bad English than in English.

Perhaps more interestingly is the emphasis on how words sound. There seems to be a level of intrinsic onomatopoeia, prioritzing words and phrases that give an aural impression of the meaning, as well as the words themselves having meaning. This multi-level layering of meaning and history in the words and phrases is a key part of Bad English.

Tenses

Tenses are often either ignored or exaggerated. There don't seem to be consistant rules for this, but there may be a pattern based on how words sound within the sentence.

Dictionary

33 Words.