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Friday, 8 February 2008

bad english?

hmm today i saw an article on Singaporeans speaking english that are deemed 'lousy' by taiwanese people on a programme titled ' kang xi lai le'. i thought it was really unsuitable to comment on the accent of another nationality. although they have a freedom of speech, but aren't they conscious that it'll also be SCREENED in sinagpore? each country have an accent and culture of its own, it's bad to poke fun at another's culture.

singaporean accent or 'singlish' is a culture that's developed due to multiracial interaction. it forms a sense of identity and belonging. just like how they mix chinese in hokkien and things like that. it's good that we have an identity right? so what if they do not understand us? as long as we understand ourselves, tts gd enuff. and when we go to other countries, they understand what we're saying, that's good enuff. =)

we're not embarrassed abt our culture, in fact, proud of it. things are not going to change. we are the way we are =)

we love shortening our sentences. short, straight to the pt. that's it.


bueno!

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