How do you distinguish a Singaporean overseas ? ....

• Fatum

  25 Sep 05, 13:40

  As above .......
  
  fire away ....
• laurence82

  25 Sep 05, 13:42

  leh lah loh?
  
  
  
  
• Fatum

  25 Sep 05, 13:57

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  leh lah loh?
  
  
  
  

  yups, i suppose that would be the most obvious way..... but malaysians use that too .....
  what then ? .... ... of if they don't open their mouths ? .....
• BrUtUs

  25 Sep 05, 18:24

  the way sg ppl talk lo.... unique...
• ditzy

  25 Sep 05, 18:43

  The accent, unmisfukingtakeable.
• ^spidee^

  25 Sep 05, 18:50

  When I was in college in melb, my classmates thought I was Malaysian leh...
• ditzy

  25 Sep 05, 18:52

  Originally posted by ^spidee^:

  When I was in college in melb, my classmates thought I was Malaysian leh...

  Ever wondered why?
• ^spidee^

  25 Sep 05, 18:55

  Originally posted by ditzy:

  Ever wondered why?

  I guess I looked like a country boy and didn't have that Singaporean aura..
• Meia Gisborn

  26 Sep 05, 01:39

  By the amount of food they pile onto their plates on a single trip through the line at an 'all-you-can-eat' buffet restaurant.
  
  MG
• ben1406

  26 Sep 05, 04:00

  they way we ask questions.. for some reason only singaporeans asks questions that way.
• stellazio

  26 Sep 05, 04:01

  When the mouth speaks the answer will come..
• Meia Gisborn

  26 Sep 05, 07:46

  Originally posted by ben1406:

  they way we ask questions.. for some reason only singaporeans asks questions that way.

  Would you care to elaborate on this?
  
  MG
• BrUtUs

  27 Sep 05, 06:03

  for some, fashion...
• fymk

  12 Oct 05, 15:01

  I think I am able to distinguish the young students(around 16 years old or so) easily by the
  
  " my daddy says he will give me money to buy this and that "
  " EH chee bye lah ....how u can get in one har"
  " where to buy those u know what lar " (my american friend was telling me about how one of them wanted to try out cocaine)
  " AY CHar Boh where u go "
  " ni na bei"
  
  Then the 20 overs students
  
  " I come from poly , u leh? "
  " Which jc har"
  " Oi NS u serve where want huh?"
  " Wah lau/Cow so expensive - back in singapore cheeper "
  " Hello My name is soandso , want to be friend or not"
  
  Then we come to the parentals
  
  " my son leh , very smart , but don't want to go NUS ...NUS no good lar , better come to australia and become pr "
  
  " I hope I win powerball , like that can get pr easily"
  
  " Ay u singaporean ...wah u pr here ...how u get one? " <-- very insulting
  
  " So what is ur father's job?"
  
  " Oh u know - apartment here very cheap ...thinking of buying " "
  
  " education here leh very easy to get good marks lah "
  
  " So slow one ....here service no good "
  
  Then we come to the workers , we usually just keep quiet and mind our own business.
  
• alexkusu

  13 Oct 05, 06:36

  their punctuated hokkien accent..if any
  
  or use of words such as lah, leh, la, aiyo..etc