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...
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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)...
The Mole May Maul You in the Mall
How to Pronounce ‘Mole’, ‘Maul’, and ‘Mall’ Mole /məʊl/ Rhymes with ‘hole’ 1. a small mammal that is almost blind, has dark fur, and lives in passages that it digs underground 2. a small, dark spot or lump on a person’s skin Maul /mɔːl/ Rhymes with ‘tall’ 1. If an animal mauls someone, it...
Why ‘Dan’ is the most spoken name in Singapore?
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...
The British Struggle with English pronunciation
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....
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