English has been an important language of education in Brunei since the inception of public education there but, as is often the case when a language becomes a second language within a country, it is taking on some unique local characteristics, despite official condemnation of such developments. Can the desired balance of roles between English and Malay be maintained without either language unduly influencing the other? And what of the roles of the local versus international varieties of English? These and other questions about English in Brunei will be explored in this article. (Lists 10 online resources.)