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.
Category: Pronunciation
How to Pronounce Eunoia
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...
Misunderstood Gift Ideas
Prada = Prar-duh Prata = Prat-ah Try to keep the ‘d’ and ‘t’ consonants as two distinct sounds.
The State of English in Singapore from an international perspective
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)...
Singapore: Making the Germans feel at home
‘Yeah’ in Singapore is pronounced the same as ‘Yes’ is in Germany. “Ya” Singlish Yeah = ‘Ya’ The ‘e’ sound in ‘Yeah’ is sometimes pronounced with an ‘a’ sound. Other examples of this blending of sounds includes: bet / bat den / dan beg / bag Note: This does not happen to all words with an...
No ‘Th’ sound in Ireland or Singapore. Dester problem.
In Standard English, ‘th’ is pronounced and formed with the tip of the tongue touching the top row of teeth. It is known as a voiceless or voiced dental fricative (IPA θ or ð). However, in many places, there is a noticeable tendency for this sound to change. – USA (New York City, Chicago, and Philadelphia), this sound...
How do you say ‘Pastor’ and ‘Pasta’?
According to the Cambridge dictionary a ‘Pastor’ in the UK is pronounced the same as ‘Pasta’ in the US! UKUS Word UK Pronunciation US Pronunciation Pastor par-stuh /ˈpɑː.stə/ pas-ter /ˈpæs.tɚ/ Pasta pas-tuh /ˈpæs.tə/ par-stuh /ˈpɑːstə/ Context is an integral part of language, so there shouldn’t be too many issues. Remember, don’t shout out ‘pasta!’ at...
Happy Chinese Ewe Year 2015
May the force be with Ewe Wool ewe please take care and goat have some fun Chewbacca Pun credit: Cheeming Boey
15 Commonly Confused Words
This was spotted today at our local coffee shop. Premises is used for a single house or location, and premise is used as a term in logic, meaning something assumed or taken as a given. Premise is not the singular form of premises. Many English words look or sound alike but have very different meanings,...
MRT Station Puns
By Pamela Tham
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