Tarzan English

noun

Definitions

  1. Tarzanese

    • This book, written in Tarzan English, is so vivid and moving that the reader is compelled to live each and every page in spite of himself.
    • After the trial was over Mr. Silvester sent to the War Office a letter which had been posted to him from Berhn, written in Tarzan English and signed Elsa Schutz.
    • In an effort to communicate with newcomers who understand and speak little English, we sometimes use "Tarzan English," that is, we chop our sentences short, in an effort to be understood.

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