Words+and+Expressions+-+The+English-speaking+World

**A list of words and expression related to the English speaking world**
 * lingua franca  || A common language which makes communication between people with different mother tongues possible. ||
 * International English || The concept of English as a global language. It is what you need to communicate in the global world, since English has become the lingua franca in many areas of life.

 International English can also refer to the different varieties of English spoken around the world. || || An intergovernmental organization of fifty-three independent member states. All but two of these countries were formerly part of the British Empire. The Commonwealth developed out of the British Empire. || || The system of dividing society into different castes (degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status). ||  || When companies move their production to a low-cost country to save money. || || When the high-educated people move from their country to another, because they seek better salaries or work conditions. We often see that people from less developed countries immigrate to developed countries. || Image sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations.svg http://mindsparkenigma.blogspot.com/2011/02/origins-of-indian-caste-system.html http://lagodaxnian.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/india.jpg http://salarypayscale.com/business-process-outsourcing-companies.php
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Standard English || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The English accepted as a national norm in an Anglophone (English-speaking country). ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Commonwealth
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Creole || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">A language that is a mixture of a European language and one or more other languages and is spoken as the first language of a people. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Pidgin || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">A language made up of two or more languages, used as a way of communicating by people whose first languages are different from each other. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Descendant <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19pt;"> || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">A person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Descent || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Caste system
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Brit <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 19pt;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">ish Raj || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Is the name given to the period of British colonial rule in India. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The Jewel in the Crown [[image:jewel_in_the_crown.jpg width="274" height="181" align="left"]] || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The British Prime Minister from 1874 to 1881 called India “the brightest jewel in the crown”, because India had valuable resources and was the most important of the overseas possessions of the British Empire. Queen Victoria was Empress of India from 1876 until 1947. ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Outsourcing
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Brain drain
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">Setting || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14pt;">The place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place. ||