Excessive attack on Ms World Singapore's English
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I'm disappointed with the backlash targetted at Ms World Singapore, who, according to the media reports, letters, forums, etc, did not have good English.
I think the attacks are too excessive.
In the first place, just try this experiment, do this one.......go to YouTube and click open a Miss Universe channel (not neccessarily an official one, a fan one also will do) and watch their interviews.
Do they have perfect English?
Lots of them have thick accent too, whats the problem?
And they are Miss Universe contestants, one up than Miss World contestants.
Also, do you notice this one.
In some final interviews, on the stage, sometimes there is an interpreter on stage, and interpret English into the girl's native language.
So, you see, why are all those countries can have pride with their women ambassadors, but not Singapore?
Why..?????
There is nothing wrong with speaking broken English, thick accent, etc, nothing wrong at all, because Singapore is a MULTI-RACIAL and MULTI-LINGUIST nation, and please acknowledge that English language mastery is not neccessarily can be up to the level of native-English-speaking AngloSaxon countries like contestants from Australia, Canada, USA, and so on.
Miss Singapore World with her brokern English REPRESENTS Singapore and thusly those who attacked her are merely attacking themselves and their own imperfect English.
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mai lai lah
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Why she needs to speak good english?
She is not ang moh.
She is chinese. Speak good mandarin can liao.
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FWOT
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as if i care leh.
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why are you so affected? your friend? your daughter?
i can tell you that majority don't give a shit.
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I dont particularly care either, I dont even follow this event.
But it's really annoying reading their complaints in the newspaper.
I think they lack proper moral education.
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do you feel compelled to buy the MIW book when you read about it on the papers?
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Originally posted by angel3070:
Why she needs to speak good english?
She is not ang moh.
She is chinese. Speak good mandarin can liao.
The problem is Singapore being a modern city state and a former British colony some people do expect more.Shouldnt be a problem for a representative of Singapore in a beauty pageant contest to make an effort in public speaking.
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Originally posted by Short Ninja:
The problem is Singapore being a modern city state and a former British colony some people do expect more.
speak native language can liao la.
I also feel disgraced if chinese go speak english at pageant, like some fucking colonial dog.
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Originally posted by angel3070:
speak native language can liao la.
I also feel disgraced if chinese go speak english at pageant, like some fucking colonial dog.
Based on your reasoning, we should all type in our mother tongues in this forum too. -
Originally posted by Detached:
Based on your reasoning, we should all type in our mother tongues in this forum too.But we not in competition.
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she and her "bhighini" and her "BOOMZ!" and her "leopard pringggs" and "ZEBRRRRA" pls la... .___________.
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Originally posted by Veggie Bao:
But it's really annoying reading their complaints in the newspaper.
I think they lack proper moral education.
They got criticise the old b******d?
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1st of all i really don't know how the freaking hell she is even able to qualify into miss singapore universe.
is there really so LACK of girls here in singapore?
2ndly she look ugly like shit.
3rdly i can ensure you most singaporean around her age is able to speak english much more better than her.
4th. the way she speak. is so unglam
and you actually want this kind of ppl to be send overboard and representing singapore?
NOBODY in this freaking world can speak perfect english. because you MUST have misuse is/are before, i am sure there is.
but the way she express is like typical bimbo who don't know english and yet trying speak like one, a china girl speaking english would be better than her.
no looks, no brains. tell me, what does she have to win it? i don't even understand HOW THE FREAKING HELL she win.
translator. good one. so now i should type in chinese can you understand? idiots.
go and eat ur veggie bao la, and stop posting rubbish.
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she should really attend speech class la. Singaporeans don't say "beegini" or zeeb-bra" right...
And her accent is not even singaporean....it's way too fake.
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I guess the main gripe is that she will be representing Singapore and yet her English is not very understandable by many, therefore she is receiving so much criticism and flak. Some even wonder how did she win when she cannot even speak English, an international languag, well. If she steps out on the stage in front of an international audience, they might just assume that everyone in Singapore speaks poor English and cannot pronounce properly. It's just the same as how many ppl think that Singapore is a part of China.
But if she were just some pedestrian who was being interviewed, i guess not many ppl would give a hoot to this. Afterall, many people we know do still speak like this.
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Just speak fucking mandarin, everything okay.
Speak what fucking foreign language?
when you do unnatural things, it will bound to backfire.
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Originally posted by cupcakelove:
t's just the same as how many ppl think that Singapore is a part of China.
Soon will be like China. All PRCs.
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Originally posted by angel3070:
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......
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i speak comprehensible english.
i think we want her to speak likewise too. -
did she say it that way on purpose?
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seriously.. what i am gonna say is my opinion, and is negative about her... dun read if u dun like it
she is, in my opinion, NOT pretty compared to AVERAGE singaporean girls. i can name a few girls in my school who is prettier than her..
and we dont expect her to speak good english, but we do expect some standard of english, at least a sec 2 student standard... she failed, in my opinion...
but good thing about her is that she smile.. and not pull a long face, which i totally hate it on some ah lian.. i see so many ah lian out there so dam pretty, or rather not ah lian but girls... all so pretty... but most of them pull a dam dam dam long black face.. as if ppl owe them money...
o ya btw.. i do not watch miss universe these all.. until i see this thread and go youtube to search, she is gave me a huge surprised!Surprised
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Originally posted by lianamaster:
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......
dun eee... go youtube watch first... this photo u just "eeee" at is much better looking than on video.. be glad! be surprised!