Mispronounced Food Names These are everyday common food and food related items that are being mispronounced, in one way or the other, by Singaporeans. We bring you the following food (related) names: The above sample does not include food words that many people, in English speaking countries, also seem to have problems with. Such as:...
Your one-stop infographic for ordering coffee in Singapore. Copy me, copy you, kopi see “Kopi” in Malay means “Coffee” My personal favourite is Kopi C. A coffee made with carnation milk instead of condensed milk. The carnation milk is a brand of tinned evaporated milk which is less thick and sweet compared to evaporated milk. Kopi Chart...
Some common English pronunciation mistakes here in Singapore are also the most embarrassing. They could possibly cause offence, or just cause the listener to break into laughter… 1. ‘sheet’ Example: “Pass that sheet.” The vowel ‘ee’ /i:/ in sheet needs to be a long sound, and not short. If kept short you will say the...
Why is Everyone Saying My Name? I often retell the story of my ‘mall-phobia’ or the proper name for it ‘agoraphobia’ (a fear of the marketplace). Many years ago this happened all around Singapore in any shopping mall and resulted in a lot of anxiety and paranoia. Why? The main reason was that I...
Game of Thrones is back on TV, so here is some information on the accents used in the show. 🙂 Accents in Game of Thrones The theory is that the Westerosi characters of Game of Thrones speak British English, with the accent of the region in England whose geographic location corresponds to that of the...
Try to speak with a British accent, but which one? A Brief Tour of the Varying Accents of the British Isles from a Dialect Coach Dialect coach Andrew Jack provides a tour of the accents found in the British Isles, and highlights the key differences between each region’s pronunciation of English. He provided...
With nine letters and four syllables, the tongue-twisting ‘phenomenon’ has been named as the most mispronounced word in the English language. Top 20 mispronounced words: 1. Phenomenon (fi-nom-uh-non) 2. Anaesthetist (uh-nes-thi-tist) 3. Remuneration (ri-myoo – nuh-reyshun) 4. Statistics (stuh-tis-tiks) 5. Ethnicity (eth-nis-i-tee) 6. Philosophical (fil-uh-sof-i-kuhl) 7. Provocatively (pruh-vok-uh-tiv) 8. Anonymous (uh-non-uh-muhs) 9....
Mick, Mack or Muck? The Americans can’t decide if it’s mack or mick Donald’s, the Brits stick with muhk Donald’s, and the rest of the world play it safe with ‘Mac’ (as in Old MacDonald Had A Farm) Recordings of People Saying ‘McDonald’s British English [muhk-Don-uhldz] [məkˈdɒnəldz] US English 1 [mack-DON-uhldz] US English...
The Land Of The Lost Consonant Jumping on the back of this awesome post by mothership.com, we now offer 12 more words 🙂 The original post by Jonathan Lim included some very common words usually mangled by Singaporeans. e.g. Children, Thanks, Government, Girl, Milk, Sorry, Bread, Lavender and Pronunciation. Recognise your fellow Singaporean in...
Helping tourists get around Singapore… Not all places should be pronounced how they are spelt. Take a look at these: This list includes names that are dialect words and native to this part of the world. Name How to Say How Not to say Bedok Buh-dok Bed-ok Bugis Boogees bug-is Changi Chang-ee Chang-gee...
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