By Singlish

Haha, at least you know a bit about singapore. But yea, English is our first language. Singlish is Singapore's unofficial first language and it is heavily peppered with local slang. In fact, some of the sentence structures of certain singlish phrases are taken from mandarin or malay, so they...

I didn't know it was the first language there. I thought it was a second language... And I thought it was called Singlish, which is English and some other language (Chinese?) together.

I don't think English is a native language in Singapore. In fact, not all Singaporeans can speak proper English. They prefer to use the kind of English which is mixed with Mandarin and Malay - - called 'Singlish' in South East Asia. Of course, some people of higher education or higher rank in the...

Such books were sold in the past, but they are no longer available. However, there is one dictionary which points out common mistakes made by Singaporeans, ie Singlish. The title is 'Essential English Dictionary'. It can be bought at the Popular bookshop. If one branch does have the...

English is fast becoming a lingua franca. When a Malaysian, a Japanese and an Indian all want to converse together they will most likely use English. Communication is the main thing. As others have pointed out we have lots of differnt Englishes - Singlish, Ebonics, American English, British...

In one of my English usage books, it is stated that 'handphone' is Singlish (Singapore English). The writer, a professor, says that it should not be used. If the word is mainly used in S.E. Asia, it should be avoided. If it is used in England or America, then it may be accepted one day. I've...

Simplyblessedwithlove wrote:I think Indians, Filipinos, Singaporeans, or people from other bilingual English-and-mother-tongue-language speaking countries can be able to do that, and there would be no way for you to tell where they are from. Actually, Singlish is fairly distinct. That said, I...

H1ph0pb0y wrote: Anonymous wrote: In Singapore, everything in school is taught in English. Constitution, Newspapers, road signs, restaurant menus, and even little instruction guides for almost all products are written in English. Most people are billingual with English as their primary...

hi im problematicme .. tats my alias hehe ~ My real name is Zara and i'm from Singapore ~ i have a problem with my conversational english because im used to speak singlish, or in another term local english .... kinda polluted unpure english ... hmmm ... im still having some problems with my...

I came across the following sentences in one of Harold Robbins' novels: 1. He told the driver to drop him at the corner. 2. You may drop me at the hospital later. 3. The driver got down from the truck. They are not part of conversations. I have learnt that when it comes to setting...