Singlish: Good or Bad?

• AshleyHow

  30 Jan 13, 21:57

  In some point of views, speaking Singlish is bad as some Singaporeans get used to it and as a result, use it at wrong times. And in others, it is good as it gives us our national identity and the older generation can understand better.

  So, I was wondering if more people find it good or bad. Help me replying and also state why you think so.  And if you do speak it, state why you do or who influenced you to.

   

  By the way, I do not speak Singlish and I am a Singaporean.

• FireIce

  30 Jan 13, 21:58

  no good no bad

  u speak i can understand, i speak u can understand can liao

• SJS6638

  30 Jan 13, 22:40

  is this some kind of assignment you are doing.

  Depends ..............    

  if you are mingling with your peers it is ok.    Of course it will be great if you can speak English I mean English all the time.    

• ^Acid^ aka s|aO^eH~

  31 Jan 13, 08:45

  wait till u hear from our resident singlish basher...

• FireIce

  31 Jan 13, 11:10

  we have ambassassassador (fug lah, donch know how to speow)

   

  drjiajia

   

  who sarpok? kee chiew!

• 8light

  31 Jan 13, 18:44

  You mean, like, Bolo Santosi? 

   

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o0XOFrFOVI

• Dalforce 1941

  31 Jan 13, 18:50

  Originally posted by AshleyHow:

  And in others, it is good as it gives us our national identity 

  I don't want to be identified with garbage.

• stevetan2010

  1 Feb 13, 11:17

  

  Take a look be positive.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiYXiixlV0A

• fudgester

  1 Feb 13, 11:20

  Originally posted by AshleyHow:

  In some point of views, speaking Singlish is bad as some Singaporeans get used to it and as a result, use it at wrong times. And in others, it is good as it gives us our national identity and the older generation can understand better.

  So, I was wondering if more people find it good or bad. Help me replying and also state why you think so.  And if you do speak it, state why you do or who influenced you to.

   

  By the way, I do not speak Singlish and I am a Singaporean.

  If this is your GP essay topic or something?

• FireIce

  1 Feb 13, 18:32

  even though no speak singlish, the english oso not relli bery good leh

• Uraniumfish

  1 Feb 13, 20:45

  Singaporean English is good, Singlish is bad. Singlish is basically English with Mandarin grammer. And a few made up words.

• Uraniumfish

  1 Feb 13, 20:46

  Originally posted by stevetan2010:

  

  Take a look be positive.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiYXiixlV0A

  Embarassing to those Singaporeans who can actually speak English.

• AshleyHow

  4 Feb 13, 18:02

  I am P5 (GEP) and doing an IRS Project on Singlish. Your replies would help me greatly.

• Dj.Lacoste

  4 Feb 13, 18:29

  Speaking singlish with local people is perfectly fine. But, when speaking with tourists, singlish is just unable to get the conversation going on. And of course, doing assignments or writing formal letters demand proper english.

• FireIce

  4 Feb 13, 18:29

  poor pri sch kids.