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search  Runglish, Rublish, Ringlish, Ruglish or Russlish
(Russian: рунглийский язык or рунглиш, rungliyskiy yazyk or
runglish), is a Russian–English macaronic language. The term
"runglish" was popularized in 2000 as a name for one of the
languages aboard the International Space Station. Cosmonaut
Sergei Krikalyov said: "We say jokingly that we communicate in
'Runglish,' a mixture of Russian and English languages, so that
when we are short of words in one language we can use the other,
because all the crew members speak both languages well." NASA
has since begun listing Runglish as one of the on-board
languages.[1] Although less widespread than other pidgins and
creoles, such as Tok Pisin, Runglish is spoken in a number of
English-Russian communities, most notably the Russian-speaking
community of Brighton Beach in Brooklyn, New York.[2]  In
literature[edit]  Some notable novels have foreshadowed the
development of Runglish. A small subplot in Arthur C