#singlish

[xinguozhi]

一部电影如何撕开我们的“语言急转弯”与精英焦虑

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[xinguozhi]

从“烂英语”到“国宝”——谈Singlish的翻身仗

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[xinguozhi]

解构语言政策：政府为何躺平

李莫愁    20-26-5-27 不知道大家发现没有？在新加坡，只要一提到“语言政策”，每隔几年就会像季候风一样，准时刮起一阵大讨论。 最近，新加坡政策研究所(IPS)又发了一份调查报告，数据真的挺有意思的，我们一起来瞧瞧： ● 大家越来越爱英语和新加坡式英语(Singlish)了！ 当被问到最认同哪种语言时，选择英语或 Singlish 的人居然从十年前的 33.8% 一路飙升到了 47.6%！差一点点就过半了。 ● 母语和方言的认同度却一直在往下掉。 认同母语或方言的比例从原来的 65.1% 跌到了现在的 50.4%。 ● 华族小伙伴们焦虑感最强！ 超过三成的华人觉得自己写华文变差了，27.1% 的人觉得连口语都在退步。特别是那些年轻、高学历、收入不错（月入 7000…

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[theolivebird]

Ah boy says

I don't know how to intonate

dialects

But his ah gong ah ma

prayed to guan yin ma for

ah boy's good grades, so he will become

a teacher

Lit- er - a- ture some more

Buay pai but become

ang moh sai

Ah boy lai

Mai jiak kantang

Teng Lang ho

[mytwistedspaces]

No one thinks it sexual, just "hor"

[junbunetc]

Happy Hump Day to all those who suffer it. Today we manifest being Corright in everything ✅ as per my last email, as mentioned in the meeting notes, as written in the contract above your signature. 🙌 We manifest being so correct, we're right. 💯 Now get this Singlish sticker as your protection ward against being incorrwrong I mean what

[junbunetc]

Corright is off to print again after our first attempt came out incorrwrong, like a strange Singlish Murphy's Law. 🥲 We're sorting it out - after all, who wouldn't want to have a Corright sticker? Am I correct?? Am I right?? Am I....corright??? ✅

[don-dake]

“Chope” (v.) — slang in Singlish (Singapore pidgin language), believed to have originated from the Malay term "cap”, which means “to stamp” or “to leave a mark”, it refers to the act of reserving a seat at an eatery with no fixed seating arrangement (e.g. food court) by leaving an item, often of low personal value at the table, like a packet of tissue paper.