do u think our singlish lah, wah, wor, meh, lor...
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comes from cantonese?
coz cantonese also got such words spoken at the end of sentences, see here as proof
http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/essays/cantonese_particles.htm -
No.
Only "har" is more frequent in cantonese. "wah" came from Hokkien, originated from "wai sai" meaning digging shit. "lah", "wor", "meh", "lor" mostly originated from Mandarin pronouncations mixing with Hokkien, I think.
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possible.
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i don't know where did singlish come from, but its part of our culture so like that lor,
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lei geh tau lah...
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Comes from various sources lah. Chinese also ends a lot with la and ma. And sentence construction also.
eg. "ni yao qu na li?" becomes "you want go where?"
eg. "chi bao le ma?" becomes "eat already or not?"
I believe should be similar to malay or other sources. -
aiya.... our language come from abit of everywhere.....
u see arh, singapore made up of many diff religions, culture, race, sho must be fair ma......
so the language must have abit of everything....
see? we noe abit of everything
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actually i think so LEHOriginally posted by kewty:comes from cantonese?
coz cantonese also got such words spoken at the end of sentences, see here as proof
http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/essays/cantonese_particles.htm