Ahem. Scots and Welsh are not Englishmen. British Citizen yes but not English.
Sorry, I meant the Cockneys, not the others. Notwithstanding these are English Speakers too, and their England also hard to understand.
Ahem. Scots and Welsh are not Englishmen. British Citizen yes but not English.
English so what? Now many of these Ang Mohs are trying to learn Mandarin. :p
Precisely. A lot of sinkies try to justify singlish by comparing with accents/ dialects of other English speaking countries. However, singlish is NOt about accent/dialect. It's simply English that has been butchered beyond recognition. The grammer, pronunciation, intonation and even choice of words leave much to be desired.
Very few compared to the number of Chinese trying to learn English.English so what? Now many of these Ang Mohs are trying to learn Mandarin. :p
Fuck him for his North/South/East/West/Italin/Irish/Scott/Jew/german/French accent!
If the fucking ang mo can have their knn accent, why we cannot have our own? If he cannot fit in, then he should just fuck off.
Article can be found on Yahoo news blog. The writer Bea Johnson, who recently landed in Singapore, is a freelance broadcast journalist who previously worked for Britain’s Sky News and Press Association.
Sorry, I meant the Cockneys, not the others. Notwithstanding these are English Speakers too, and their England also hard to understand.
And besides, Bea, what makes your type even more frustrated is that, in the cosmopolitan mix that is Sg today, a fat British gal don't seem to be getting any attention because there is too many LBFM-types consuming all the white guys, right?
The gov is just making a big hoohaa over nothing. Singlish is not going to drive investors away just because they might have difficulties relating to the way Singaporeans speaks. Look at non-English speaking countries in our region such as Indonesia, Thailand or even PRC. Are they any worse off just because they do not adopt English as their main stream language? Even English speaking nations such as Australia and the UK speaks in their own particular manner. So is Singlish any worse?
Unlike the difference between British and American English, Singlish is not about accent alone, it's a pidgin with it's own non-English derived vocabulary and grammar (if you can call it grammar). There's nothing to do Pinkerton. PRCs and ROCs would be somewhere between amused and horrified at the way Singlish Chinese is spoken.
Precisely. A lot of sinkies try to justify singlish by comparing with accents/ dialects of other English speaking countries. However, singlish is NOt about accent/dialect. It's simply English that has been butchered beyond recognition. The grammer, pronunciation, intonation and even choice of words leave much to be desired.
Read this imbecile's comment about her article. This guy must be so thick that he does not know that he has been insulted.
criticise 1 week ago
Dear Ms Johnson, welcome to Singapore and your enthusiasm to improve your Singlish is an applaudable move. Not all foreigners coming here will bother to try to blend with our local environment. As such, your move is a good example of respecting a local culture without undermining it.
I've joined the Speak Good Singlish Movement facebook group (see http://www.facebook.com/pages/Speak-Good-Singlish-Movement/152213451475413), and urge all fellow Singaporeans and foreign friends alike who are devoted to keeping Singlish as an important part of our Singapore Identity join this group as a show of support too.
She looks OK to me.....not gorgeous but definitely not fat....:p
http://en.gravatar.com/beajohnson007#pic-1
There is no doubt that our standard of English has deteriorated over the years. This is right across the board.