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)...
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5 Singlish Words That Have Nothing To Do With Sex, Drugs and Violence
Chop, Cock, Mug, Shag and Stoned It was a cock night full of mugging, I just wanted to stone. Damn shag leh. It was a rubbish night full of cramming for exams, I just wanted to do nothing. Damn tiring. Just for a bit of fun, we’ve chosen five words that are related to sex,...
Words You Are Using Incorrectly in Singapore
For some English words, used in Singapore, the usage has been skewed because of the translation from Mandarin. Our top three favourites, from the list above, would have to be; help, keep and follow. Help help – The casual phrase “can you help me buy…” or “can you help post these letters” would seem a little...
Chop (Rubber or Company Stamp)
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,...
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