Although American English and Australian English are the most strongly developed dialects of what has become the world’s lingua franca, other dialects, led by Indian English with Japanese English running it a close second, are coming up fast: one of the nicest ones is Chinese English, witness the invitation to its stand at the Hannover Fair of Express Office Automation Co Ltd, Kowloon – at Hannover, it says, we will display our most advance technology and introduce our latest products; for better understanding our products and company background, we are very appreciate you can visit our show and have a warm touch with our executives there – would that we could make ourselves understood in Mandarin.