The alt.usage.english FAQ   

• Basic English

  (Artificial Dialects)
  
  Basic English (where "Basic" stands for "British American Scientific International Commercial") is a subset of English with a base vocabulary of 850 words, propounded by C. K. Ogden in 1929. Look at http://www.basiceng.com if you're interested. (We're not.)
  
  Source: [Mark Israel, 'Artificial Dialects: Basic English', The alt.usage.english FAQ file,(line 912), (29 Sept 1997)]
  
  
  
  

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