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There is only one problem: I speak a lot of Singlish and I seem incapable of pronouncing anything correctly. ... Not me. ...
Then there is my Singlish. It’s not a prestigious language (or dialect if you prefer), like French, German or Quenya, but Singlish is my language, my mother tongue even, and I love it. ...
But I doubt most parents would be pleased to hear that their children’s English teacher is a Singlish supporter who prefers common sense to hard rules when it comes to speech. ...
Me: "Oi uncle, you know how to go ser-lay-tar market or not hah? ... "
You know, it’s inexplicable how every male person here is either a "boy" or an "uncle".
But Singlish is a good tool for breaking the ice when it comes to talking to the man on the street. ...
A middle-class executive does not talk like your average chicken-rice seller. ...
This can be a problem for me as a reporter because quite often you are not talking to the man on the street but to Somewhat Important People, or SIPs as I like to call them, who do not respond very well to queries like, "So, business, how?
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