Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Native English. Native to where?
Ruby Pan gave a tremendous performance of the various english flavors that one can hear in Singapore. My office mate from Belgium understood up until Singlish started to be spoken. After that, it was "jit the jit the" ("one piece, one piece").
For some reason, I felt rather proud that we Singaporeans have a language that announces our nationality. When one Singaporean talks to another in Singlish, especially overseas, a bond of familiarity and comradery is instantly formed. If the Singapore government insists that our citizens venture abroad, Singlish will be the glue that binds us together. Even more so than char kuey teow.
Enjoy!
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HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteUltra Funny!!!!!!!!!
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Ooo.. the Old Parliment House is really nice hoh!
everywhere we go, people can identify us when we speak in mix of english, chinese, hokkien and cantonese... hehe... :) latest was in beijing! so obvious meh? hahaha...
ReplyDeletehmm, old parliment house can now host events? can book?
ReplyDeleteasians seem to instantly recognize our accent these days.. got a taiwanese neighbor who just moved in last week and i met him in the hallway.. just from "hi. moving in?... where are you from?", he deduced that i was from singapore!
Yah. The Old Parliment House is now an ARTS house. Can book for performances or events.
ReplyDeleteRecently, Dick Lee had his birthday bash there.. which had sparked a thingy in the media cos he wore a pope's costume for his costume party. And some pp thought it was insulting.
You talked to the Taiwanese in chinese or english??
talk to him in english.. in US mah!
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