There are many differences between the English used in Singapore and that found in Britain and the United States. Some of the features of Singapore English are similar to features in Mandarin Chinese. However other languages, such as Malay, also influence Singapore English. In many cases, it is likely that the influence for one feature...
Expand Your Creativity and Freedom It’s interesting that the Danish have two words for the English verb “play”. Normally translated as either “lege” or “spille”. 1: Rules and regulations. Here we use “spille”: Jeg spiller fodbold (I play football); skal vi spille kort (do you want to play cards)? 2: No rules (or at least...
It is not every day you can hear someone swearing so eloquently in the Queen’s English. Below is a Facebook video posted by Wak Ali, showing a man confronting a woman at an ATM.
Speculative MRT Map from the National Library Board http://www.nlb.gov.sg/
As you have heard by now a newly announced junior college (JC) has caused much public interest online. ‘Eunoia Junior College’. But how do you pronounce it? 1. you-know-ah 2. you-noy-uh 3. you-noh-iea The firm favourite is number 2. you-noy-uh. Which can also be used on people when you find them annoying. Names can have different...
Prada = Prar-duh Prata = Prat-ah Try to keep the ‘d’ and ‘t’ consonants as two distinct sounds.
Should you improve your command of English or learn more languages? Alex talked with Kai, Vernon, Kevin, and myself last month, for the Limpeh Is Foreign Talent V-log series. We had a very interesting, open and unscripted discussion on many topics related to: Singlish, accents, languages, and pronunciation. Featuring Kai – Linguist, Polyglot, Language Guru (Finland)...
I have now Lived in Singapore Exactly 12.5 Years I’ve lived in Singapore for one quarter of the 50 years of its independence. The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Singapore began in February 2003, good timing, but this did not deter me. In Singapore I found my true love, Bevlyn… and a strange fascination with Rambutans....
Keep a record of your achievement with Lego!
Quote originally from “Professor Brian Cox brands astrology-believing Tory MP David Tredinnick an ‘outlier on the spectrum of reason'”
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