Why sinkies pronounce "Flour" as .........

[michaely]

.......... "FLAR", while ang mos pronouce it as "Flower"?

 

[I_Hate_Pappies]

.......... "FLAR", while ang mos pronouce it as "Flower"?

Depends on which Ang Moh. American AM or British AM.

 

[laksaboy]

.......... "FLAR", while ang mos pronouce it as "Flower"?

Americunts = Flower, Toh-may-to, Elevator, soccer

British twats = Flaar, Toh-mah-to, Lift, football

Get it?

 

[hokkien]

Mi hoon

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

British also pronounce as ''flower''...................seen it on tv many times liao..........

but in school i was taught to say it as ''flar''...............

 

[po2wq]

.......... "FLAR", while ang mos pronouce it as "Flower"?

on ze contrary, in fact, angmos pronounce flower as flour ...

 

[Satyr]

they don't pronounce it as "flower" it's more like "fla - er" or maybe "fla oo er" but said quickly.

 

[no_faith]

Coupon
Singlish vs English
Kop-pun vs Coupon

 

[salmon]

.......... "FLAR", while ang mos pronouce it as "Flower"?

actually most ppl don't even bother with the "r" so it's really just "fla" over here.

singaporeans tend to drop "r"s in english words and the "h" in chinese words.

 

[Leongsam]

It's pronounced as "flower" in both American and British English.

Think of it this way : How do you pronounce "our" as in "our country" or "our home"?

Now add an "fl" at the beginning and there you go.

 

[Baimi]

Wednesday, medicine, restaurant
British AM Wensday, medcine, restrant

 

[Cruxx]

'Sinkies can't pronounce French either. The "en" in "en bloc" is pronounced "on". Why are Sinkies so dumb ah?

 

[Cruxx]

Lest I forget, does anyone here know the difference between "advice" and "advise"?

 

[eatshitndie]

It's pronounced as "flower" in both American and British English.

Think of it this way : How do you pronounce "our" as in "our country" or "our home"?

Now add an "fl" at the beginning and there you go.

this brings up the subtle phonetic difference between "for" and "four". "four" is correctly pronounced as "fo-ur".

 

[Fook Seng]

'Sinkies can't pronounce French either. The "en" in "en bloc" is pronounced "on". Why are Sinkies so dumb ah?

But The Explanade has officially adopted the Sinkie way of pronunciation. Hurray!

 

[dredd]

Lest I forget, does anyone here know the difference between "advice" and "advise"?

You are baiting the native speaker to appear?

 

[longdongsilver]

.......... "FLAR", while ang mos pronouce it as "Flower"?

there are so many words ,sinkies cant pronounce properly..flour is just the tip of the iceberg...words that immediately come to mind are"purchase",beach,....project and produce(two ways of saying them)..etc..and the fact that singkies pronounce every word in a flat tone with no stresses..practically any word thats more than one syllable
is pronounced wrongly, eg people becomes peeper..aircon becomes acorn

 

[longdongsilver]

many native speakers pronounce "en" like singkies..i.e how it is spelled in English..not french..eg..enchanted is mostly
pronounced as en-chanted not on-chanted unless one wants to sound posh..

 

[po2wq]

'Sinkies can't pronounce French either. The "en" in "en bloc" is pronounced "on". Why are Sinkies so dumb ah?

bcoz ze words din say 2 sinkies dat dey r french words ...

 

[eatshitndie]

can't blame sinkies as english as a verbal language is pretty fucked up. for example, "flow" does not rhyme with "plow", although you pronounce "flower" like you will with "plower".