why singaporean english sux?
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The english language is an invented and manufactured language. There is no egg in eggplant or ham in hamburger neither apple in pineapple. The plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth? If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? Guinea pig is neither from guinea nor is it a pig. why preferred has two r and offered only one? Americans often dropped their vowels in the written form of the language i.e. color TV. Is this proper english?
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This is a point that has never been taken into consideration before
1)Many people define good english as having the skills to apply bombastic or some would say "Chim" words/vocabulary.
2)In my opinion, speaking good english is having sentences are in the correct tense and are gramatically structured properly, also being able to pronouce the words, you do not really need good vocabulary to speak good english, having the above as mentioned is good enough to be defined as good
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i have a simple explanation for this...
every time i try to speak good english my balls ache...
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ummm but most in the primary schools kids could speak relatively fluent english from my point of view. Some teenagers have the kind of "heck-care" attitude in education which contributes to their lack of abilty in mastering english(whether it's some of the simpler proverbs or what) or even in studying. But oh well, i think that as long as others understand what we're trying to say to them, it's an acheivement. We should be proud of ourselves for not imitating the westerners and have our own unique language(singishOriginally posted by elindra:However, I am worried about the standard of English in the younger generation (as in people in their teens right now). I know a few teenagers and it is really appalling to find out that they find phrases like "The pot calling the kettle black" difficult to understand. Sometimes, I wonder is the root of the cause due to TV taking over the popularity of reading?
) For those who says Singaporean's Engish sucks, they should put themselves in our shoes.If they live in a multi-racial and cultural country like us, will they be able to speak perfect English?Cheers for having our own unique language,Singish. -
I agree!!!!!!My sentiments exactly!!Originally posted by subsuxor:This is a point that has never been taken into consideration before
1)Many people define good english as having the skills to apply bombastic or some would say "Chim" words/vocabulary.
2)In my opinion, speaking good english is having sentences are in the correct tense and are gramatically structured properly, also being able to pronouce the words, you do not really need good vocabulary to speak good english, having the above as mentioned is good enough to be defined as good .