mandarin should be as sg's 1st language !!!!

• hellomotosxq

  26 Nov 06, 17:09

  do not u agree with it ??? it is obviously right .
• Darkness_hacker99

  26 Nov 06, 17:14

  Originally posted by hellomotosxq:

  do not u agree with it ??? it is obviously right .

  Then you translate your nick into chinese first!!
• the Bear

  26 Nov 06, 17:15

  so, your argument is that it is right because it is right...
  
  i can see where this discussion will go
• hellomotosxq

  26 Nov 06, 17:20

  singapore pm and govt should begin to do for it.
• hobochua

  26 Nov 06, 17:21

  Relax ...cool..Mandarin is good but image the world without English....
  Just image Spiderman 3 in chinese language....
  I tell u the not much people will go and watch.
• LazerLordz

  26 Nov 06, 17:22

  Dream on, you Chinese supremacist.
  
  We may be a Chinese majority state, but we are not a Chinese Republic.
• dragg

  26 Nov 06, 17:30

  i agree.
  
  
• kawasaki2

  26 Nov 06, 17:32

  Originally posted by LazerLordz:

  Dream on, you Chinese supremacist.
  
  We may be a Chinese majority state, but we are not a Chinese Republic.

  Exactly. Vote for this thread to be closed= +1
• oozie

  26 Nov 06, 17:34

  Originally posted by hellomotosxq:

  singapore pm and govt should begin to do for it.

  Seriously which agency are u working for or which cell do u belong to?
• wenyong90

  26 Nov 06, 17:41

  He just wanna sing marikita in chinese la
• Mervyn>_<

  26 Nov 06, 17:43

  Why lol?
  English is good
• valentinoo

  26 Nov 06, 17:44

  aiya..english may be the first..but mandarin is already like taking the lead..just never make it official..
  
  just call any mumber like starhub or m1..for english press1 for mandarin press 2..
  
  
• fudgester

  26 Nov 06, 17:50

  Originally posted by hellomotosxq:

  do not u agree with it ??? it is obviously right .

  Bahasa kebangsaan negara Singapura adalah bahasa Melayu.
  
  Adakah kamu faham apa yang saya katakan?
  
  Tambah satu sebelum benang ini ditutup.
• Icemoon

  26 Nov 06, 17:56

  Originally posted by LazerLordz:

  Dream on, you Chinese supremacist.
  
  We may be a Chinese majority state, but we are not a Chinese Republic.

  hmm .. what does the state have to do with the language?
  
  so we are a English Republic now?
• Icemoon

  26 Nov 06, 17:58

  Originally posted by hobochua:

  Relax ...cool..Mandarin is good but image the world without English....
  Just image Spiderman 3 in chinese language....
  I tell u the not much people will go and watch.

  nobody says we are weeding English out.
  
  Just like we are not weeding Tamil and Bollywood movies are best watched in Tamil.
• Manager433

  26 Nov 06, 17:59

  Under pressure from motherland PRC? So when will garment change our national anthem into chinese ones?
• Icemoon

  26 Nov 06, 18:03

  Originally posted by Manager433:

  Under pressure from motherland PRC? So when will garment change our national anthem into chinese ones?

  The govt won't change. It is our heritage .. doesn't matter we understand the lyrics or not.
• digicharat

  26 Nov 06, 18:03

  ni hao ma? heng jiu mei kan dao ni le.
  si dao na qu le?
• LazerLordz

  26 Nov 06, 18:05

  Originally posted by Icemoon:

  hmm .. what does the state have to do with the language?
  
  so we are a English Republic now?

  Our common Singapore heritage is a mix, definitely not Chinese.
  
  Our heritage is that of a English-run port city with a majority Chinese population in the Malay Archipelago.
  
  If you want to call it, call it a Straits Republic. As much as you would not like the Anglicising of Singapore, neither do I want to see the Sinicisation of Singapore.
• Icemoon

  26 Nov 06, 18:14

  Originally posted by LazerLordz:

  Our common Singapore heritage is a mix, definitely not Chinese.
  
  Our heritage is that of a English-run port city with a majority Chinese population in the Malay Archipelago.
  
  If you want to call it, call it a Straits Republic. As much as you would not like the Anglicising of Singapore, neither do I want to see the Sinicisation of Singapore.

  Actually Malay is our national language .. am I right?
  
  English is our 1st language or working language.
  
  So your argument misses the point liao. Our 1st language has more to do with pragmatism than heritage.
• digicharat

  26 Nov 06, 18:15

  hua yu cool!
• Honeybunz

  26 Nov 06, 18:15

  Originally posted by Icemoon:

  Actually Malay is our national language .. am I right?
  
  

  Yes, you're right!
• LazerLordz

  26 Nov 06, 18:15

  Originally posted by Icemoon:

  Actually Malay is our national language .. am I right?
  
  English is our 1st language or working language.
  
  So your argument misses the point liao. Our 1st language has more to do with pragmatism than heritage.

  It has a mix of pragmatism and heritage. It was our working language since the founding. So it's also part of our heritage.
  
  Actually, we should bring back basic Malay classes in primary school.
• LordIcarus

  26 Nov 06, 18:16

  english, is a common language. which obviously, everyone will learn thru school. so, fk chinese language. this ain't china.
• Icemoon

  26 Nov 06, 18:19

  Originally posted by LazerLordz:

  It has a mix of pragmatism and heritage. It was our working language since the founding. So it's also part of our heritage.
  
  Actually, we should bring back basic Malay classes in primary school.

  hmm .. working language since the founding? Not fair .. last time how many people were able to speak English?