Chop The use of the word ‘chop’ to mean ‘stamp’ is unique to this part of the world, so please be careful, business people in the West will be quite confused. The word ‘chop’ was originally from the Malay word cap, which is from the Hindi word छाप ćhāp (stamp). On a side note,...
Category: Language
Antipodes: Singapore to Ecuador line open 2050
Antipodes (ænˈtɪpədiːz) Two points that are antipodal to each other are connected by a straight line running through the centre of the Earth. The antipodes of Singapore lies in Ecuador. More construction in Singapore, the Rambutan line. Or Angmohdan line. Rambutans are grown in Ecuador and are known as “achotillo”, however they are not native to...
Hollywood Movies That Mention Singapore
Here is a short list of movies that mention Singapore in some way via character dialogue. “Welcome to Singapore” Son Of Kong 1933 ‘Helstrom’ says “I heard about you in Singapore. How you captured the biggest animal on earth and taken him back to New York.” Road to Singapore 1940 The Scarlet Clue 1945 “I...
Albert Einstein’s quotes on Buddhism
“The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend a personal God and avoid dogma and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description....
Top 12 things Yoda says in the bedroom
1. “Ahhh! Yoda’s little friend you seek!” 2. “Urm. Put a shield on my saber I must.” 3. “Feel the force!” 4. “Foreplay, cuddling – a Jedi craves not these things.” 5. “Down here, I am. Find a ladder, I must!” 6. “Do me or do me not – there is no try.” 7....
Where Do Accents Come From?
ACCENT: How the words sound Accents are established over years by people from different areas conversing with each other. An example is the Liverpool ‘Scouse‘ accent or Singapore ‘Singaporean’ accent. Your accent results from how, where, and when you learned the language you are speaking. It is true that accents are passed down through family however our biggest influence...
Foolscap Paper
Why is it called Foolscap Paper? So what prompted a post concerning ‘foolscap’? Well, during a class at Xinmin Secondary (Feb 2013) a student asked me “why is it called foolscap?” Now obviously I didn’t know, however I promised to find out for the next lesson. I find it interesting that this term is a...
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