There are few accents in the world I like more than Singaporean English. I love getting on a Singapore Airlines flight and hearing the crisp announcement from a very Singaporean captain. But if there's one thing I like more than Singaporean English, it's Singlish. 😉 Singapore National Day is coming up on August 9, and…
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Buang your plans lah and Cheong down to singla-pore lor why u so like dat ... Dun now how b flexi-able one meh
Jetstarrr so on u dun play play u onri lugi out
Up to u lah ... U happy Dan come lor
?????????????? Would this be like Hawaiian airlines doing their announcements in pidgin for a day?
Soooooh good lah! Everybody for at least the one time should take the experience.
The real test is to say "Please give me coke"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCh5dJ3GeaA
But someone would be really offended about Singlish and not have a good laugh.
You are confusing PRC Chinese with Singaporean.
I can assure you that we are not the same. For most of us, English is our first language and it is also a lingua franca. But casually, we will speak Singlish among ourselves.
And I am very certain we do not speak nor do we sound like the lady in the video.
Maybe you should visit Singapore if you have not done so. Cheers!
In Singlish:
@MAKP
You anyhow confuse Mainland Chinese with us Singaporean lor.
We very different one you know. Many of us speak English one. But among kakis (Malay for friends), we speak Singlish. I confirm we don't speak like that char bo (woman in Min Nan Chinese aka Hokkien) in the video lor. Come and visit Singapore then you can see and hear yourself.
LOL
@Andrew i know it's not the same i just love that language training video, my children's (ninang) godmother is pinoy she do the Phinglish which sound like the Singlish in my "white" ears :).
But let me just ask you, "you want coke" 🙂
Hahaha... I didn't know that. It could be Korean. But I feel the accent is closer to Mainland Chinese. But that is just stereotyping.
Lol! Nope, Phinglish is nothing like Singlish. But I do get your point as I find it difficult to differentiate Australian and New Zealand accent.
And I prefer Pepsi. Cheers!
So FUN! What a great way to celebrate Singapore's National day.
Thanks for posting