Originally posted by Short Ninja:
Tagalog is a Malay dialect
Sure or not?
Then have to look into the definition of the Malay race again and in this forum we did it a few times already>LOL
Singaporeans generally speak understandable English. Unfortunately, the accent combined with numerous dialects, pronounciation and the extended lah, lor and many more make it Singlish and can be embarrassing especially when having a conversation with a foreign person be it abroad or on home soil. Most importantly we are gracious, kind and generous.
If you come to Japan try to communicate with the local you meet in the streets and they would be speaking Japanese to you irregardless of whether you understand it or not.They just assume that if you are there is their country it means that you must already know some Japanese, this is how stereotype people can be.It could be that Singaporeans are just as narrow minded but at least Singlish is not a total shut out in communication.
Originally posted by Short Ninja:If you come to Japan try to communicate with the local you meet in the streets and they would be speaking Japanese to you irregardless of whether you understand it or not.They just assume that if you are there is their country it means that you must already know some Japanese, this is how stereotype people can be.It could be that Singaporeans are just as narrow minded but at least Singlish is not a total shut out in communication.
So it is really true of what I was told about japanese only speak their own language to foreigners.
Singlish used on daily basis for casual communication is fine but when it is time to switch to speaking English then we will have to.
My theory is like this.If Singaporeans could understand what Ris Low was talking about it means that the Ang Mors also can grasp Singapore style English.
Originally posted by Short Ninja:My theory is like this.If Singaporeans could understand what Ris Low was talking about it means that the Ang Mors also can grasp Singapore style English.
Not all angmo will. Even few can, they cannot accept
wy still talk tis topic
Originally posted by angel3070:I don't buy the concept of "universal" language and I am opposed to english being dominant language in Singapore.
It is due to that anglo bastard Lee Kuan Yew.
He should learn to speak our language.
We are the majority.
Not we majority go and speak his mother fucking minority colonial language.
That fucking bastard Lee Kuan Yew.
I have a score to settle with that mother fucker.
Which is the majority language? Malay? Teochew? Hokkien? Cantonese? Shanghainese?
Originally posted by Short Ninja:If you come to Japan try to communicate with the local you meet in the streets and they would be speaking Japanese to you irregardless of whether you understand it or not.They just assume that if you are there is their country it means that you must already know some Japanese, this is how stereotype people can be.
If you are in rome, you should do as the romans do.
If I go to Japan, the onus is on me to learn and speak Japanese, not Japanese come and learn my language.
But this seems to be not the case here in Singapore, mostly due to the anglo bastard Lee Kuan Yew.
Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:
Which is the majority language? Malay? Teochew? Hokkien? Cantonese? Shanghainese?
Should be hokkien if we follow the reality in 1960s.
But that seems to be changing due to Lee Kuan Yew.
He wants to destroy all dialects in Singapore.
He is not chinese but an anglo dog, that is why.
Originally posted by angel3070:If you are in rome, you should do as the romans do.
If I go to Japan, the onus is on me to learn and speak Japanese, not Japanese come and learn my language.
But this seems to be not the case here in Singapore, mostly due to the anglo bastard Lee Kuan Yew.
whyyy wy u hate LEE KUAN YEW so muchhhhhh??
--- but anyywayyy, u still sounddd not so bad as tat bad womannnnnnn
Originally posted by Ki.dane:whyyy wy u hate LEE KUAN YEW so muchhhhhh??
You are from which ethnic group?
-- i teochew
Originally posted by angel3070:Should be hokkien if we follow the reality in 1960s.
But that seems to be changing due to Lee Kuan Yew.
He wants to destroy all dialects in Singapore.
He is not chinese but an anglo dog, that is why.
Lan Jiao! Ask a teochew to learn to speak Hokkien??? Ask a Cantonese to speak Teochew? Majority of the people here may be Hokkien but not all of them are Hokkien. You don't respect the rest of the dialects if you force one group of people to learn a dialect including Mandarin.
Originally posted by Ki.dane:-- i teochew
Not Khitan?
Actually i think it's the environment that we have been exposed to led us to our 'poor english' when speaking or writing. As said, we speak what we write. Like for example, Singaporean went to US and came back with a good english (Britsh) accent. That's really a difference. Environment is key. Haha.