do u think ppl who speak excessive hokien is low class?
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I thought this kind of "kentang" will receive a lot of attention in this "bengish" school....unless she does not have good looks or good figure to start with....
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Forgot next line already....Originally posted by laurence82:In day of yore from western shore, Oldham dauntless hero came! -
well at least i passed my chinese o levels. and i find the word kentang strongly offensive. how would u feel if u were called a cheena man or black shit if u are an indian? its almost equivalent
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How about "banana"?Originally posted by daphne_1802:well at least i passed my chinese o levels. and i find the word kentang strongly offensive. how would u feel if u were called a cheena man or black shit if u are an indian? its almost equivalent -
aiyah, long time also no sing liaoOriginally posted by CoolMyth:Forgot next line already....
its been like 5 years or so.....hurhurhur -
i wouldnt like attention from bengs. talking about bengs im surprised i still see ppl spotting centre parting hairstyles and ppl who dye their hair bright orange/brown in 'patches' instead of highlighting it. some of them even bring lighters to school without cigarettes to 'act gangster' playing with it during lectures or lunch break
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I'm getting bored.....I'm leaving.
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oei, what u got against bananas?Originally posted by CoolMyth:How about "banana"? 
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Me liek bananas..... *peels the skin*Originally posted by laurence82:oei, what u got against bananas? -
that was such an uncalled for comment. im not even 100% chinese to begin with.Originally posted by CoolMyth:How about "banana"? -
Oh it's fineOriginally posted by CoolMyth:Definitely not ACJC anyway...... I'm interested to know....
P.S: I'm a 2 year "ACSian"....If that counts....
ACJC class of?? -
You sure paint a vivid picture.Half of me doesn't even dare to believe they still exist.Originally posted by daphne_1802:i wouldnt like attention from bengs. talking about bengs im surprised i still see ppl spotting centre parting hairstyles and ppl who dye their hair bright orange/brown in 'patches' instead of highlighting it. some of them even bring lighters to school without cigarettes to 'act gangster' playing with it during lectures or lunch break -
Hmm..maybe you should have told us this earlier.Originally posted by daphne_1802:that was such an uncalled for comment. im not even 100% chinese to begin with.
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even then, there is no reason for her to look down on a group of people different from her in many ways, or even the language itselfOriginally posted by LazerLordz:Hmm..maybe you should have told us this earlier. -
i consider my ethnicity atypical. my grandfather is an indonesian chinese and my grandmother is a dutch. he came to singapore during ww2 and that explains why my parents and i are born hereOriginally posted by LazerLordz:Hmm..maybe you should have told us this earlier. -
i was born and raised in singapore. since my dad's second language is chinese and i study chinese, i am considered chinese by most people i know
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I know..it's merely for contextual discussion.Blame it on her youth.She's not malicious la.Originally posted by laurence82:even then, there is no reason for her to look down on a group of people different from her in many ways, or even the language itself -
I know of many people with mixed ethnicities, and yes, the sad thing is that many find it hard to adapt.Originally posted by daphne_1802:i was born and raised in singapore. since my dad's second language is chinese and i study chinese, i am considered chinese by most people i know
Kentangs like us already have a hard time, but we also grin and bear it.It does help.It's also important to have your close crew to turn to too.
I'm Peranakan, and my Mandarin/Hokkien accent is that of a Bruneian one, I got the Indo-Chinese jibes a lot when I was in JI too. -
youth shouldnt be excuse anyway, of cuz its not time for punishment or anything like that, but take a lesson out of thisOriginally posted by LazerLordz:I know..it's merely for contextual discussion.Blame it on her youth.She's not malicious la.
its not malicious, but its troublesome...............let me go bathe first... -
gee, i didn't know foreign bosses spoke hokkien...Originally posted by ToffeeClub1929:Don't think so.
You may have graduated from an Ivy League school, speak Queen's english but at the end of the day, the person who pays your monthly salary speaks 80% hokkien, 10% Teochew and 10% Mandarin.
In short, money is still above class for me.
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im cantonese and belong to the cantonese community leh..how?Originally posted by twl89:No....rather like them though....Hokkien gives a sense of homeliness and belonging to the community -
start a war with ppl speak with hokkien and make the next ppl post such topic change to "do u think ppl who speak excessive cantonese is low class?"Originally posted by vito_corleone:im cantonese and belong to the cantonese community leh..how? -
all left?
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nah.. i never found it a disgrace or low class to have people around me speak hokkien. it has been regarded as low class because people who cannot speak hokkien only know ka ni na.. chee bye.. and all that. i for one am not a hokkien speaker as i was never really into learning chinese etc. my father is a fluent speaker and i still dont think its low class
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Majority of Chinese Singaporeans knows and speak hokkien.. you cant escape from it.. its an asset, rather than a shame.. those who know good english, but not mother tongue//dialect is more shame.. i look down on today's youth who like to kay kiang talk a bit of hokkien etc.. want to speak, speak proper hokkien! and if u go to taiwan or xiamen, u sure die..