I posted an entry about Globish on Jan. 4, 2013.
http://june.ettachou.com/2013/01/04/globish-%e5%8f%aa%e8%a6%81%e6%9c%831500%e5%80%8b%e5%96%ae%e5%ad%97-%e5%b0%b1%e8%83%bd%e6%ba%9c%e8%8b%b1%e6%96%87/
Recently, my friend Annie introduced a website "Globish Words Explained in English" in a book we co-wrote for 9th graders.
https://www.globish.com/static_pages/pix/Globish-English.pdf
When I went over it, I was surprised to find that both "president" and "election" are not on the list. While I can easily guess that in Globish, "president" can be easily put as "leader of a country," I wonder how this simplified language says "election."
Let's compare its definition of "elastic," with that in a popular dictionary Macmillan. This website defined "elastic" as "having the quality of springing back." The definition of "elastic" given in Macmillan Dictionary is: something that is elastic can be stretched easily and can then return to its original shape quickly.
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