Singaporean friends..
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Originally posted by jetta:
I can relate. When Singaporeans get together, sooner or later the topic will veer towards Singapore and comparisons. It's funny though. When they speak to me, they speak normally. Soon as they turn to speak to my hubby, something happens to their tongues and this accent comes out from nowhere.
Hahaha, jetta. likewise for my hubby whenever he was in S'pore, my frens will speak to him in their so called ang moh accent, he will go Har??!!!, sorry I didn't catch u. And he will ask me what they are trying to say. Guess he understands better when people speak normally and clearly, rather than put on an accent. -
jetta, I hate to think that I spoke accented ink-ga-lish to your hub.
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Originally posted by jetta:
My hubster spent 3 years in Sg and understands some Singlish but... he uses some in the wrong context.
He loves to spiak Singlish at home though and his favourite expression is "haiyah!". He loves it so much it slips out alot when he's at work. His ang mo co-workers have no idea what he's saying.
my hubby oso like to say "haiyah", now he can even curse in hokkien, courtesy of his Malaysian colleague. -
Originally posted by jetta:
I can relate. When Singaporeans get together, sooner or later the topic will veer towards Singapore and comparisons. It's funny though. When they speak to me, they speak normally. Soon as they turn to speak to my hubby, something happens to their tongues and this accent comes out from nowhere.
Actually, has it occured to you that this accent that we put on when we speak to caucasians might just be an innocent attempt to enable them to understand what we are saying?
I know there's a lot of talk out there about people trying to show off that they are like gandang's by putting on this fakey accent. But I know that over here, when I do that, it's to save me the trouble of having to repeat myself again and again, which is what will happen if I speak in Singapore-accented English, simply because it's a colloquail language and not exactly easy to comprehend for the uninitiated.
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Singaporeans... a few are quite 'dao' and competitive so forget about hanging out with those. However, there are those who you just clique with and have a good laugh with and chat in that peculiar mix of English-Malay-Mandarin language. Hehehe!
Brey, I'm heading to the Singapore Day event! I might end up going alone cause I sian 1/2 waiting for my Singaporean friends to make up their minds about whether they want to go or not.
In any case, it's easier to snap photos when I'm there by myself. And, on top of that, I can da bao and eat all the food I want without feeling pai seh about it.
But then again, by then, I might just have a date tagging along.
I did get asked out by three blokes and I'm akan datang'ing till after exams, so see how... -
My ink-ga-lish has has really gone haywire.
I am no longer understood in Chinapore. Serious...I've had a lot of instances when I speak Ink-ga-lish and people will go 'huh?
I had to spell out the alphabets to be understood. And thats talking to fellow Singaporeans. *sob* *sob*
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Originally posted by viciouskitty74:
My ink-ga-lish has has really gone haywire.
I am no longer understood in Chinapore. Serious...I've had a lot of instances when I speak Ink-ga-lish and people will go 'huh?
I had to spell out the alphabets to be understood. And thats talking to fellow Singaporeans. *sob* *sob*
Har?! Like, how long have you stayed out of Singapore at a stretch?
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I was only away for a year plus.
*Turning into a gantang?!!*
I was at the bike forum just now and one guy commented that I am a foriegn talent!!!
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Originally posted by Rhonda:
Singaporeans... a few are quite 'dao' and competitive so forget about hanging out with those. However, there are those who you just clique with and have a good laugh with and chat in that peculiar mix of English-Malay-Mandarin language. Hehehe!
Brey, I'm heading to the Singapore Day event! I might end up going alone cause I sian 1/2 waiting for my Singaporean friends to make up their minds about whether they want to go or not.
In any case, it's easier to snap photos when I'm there by myself. And, on top of that, I can da bao and eat all the food I want without feeling pai seh about it.
But then again, by then, I might just have a date tagging along.
I did get asked out by three blokes and I'm akan datang'ing till after exams, so see how... u r right. some very 'dao'. they loves to compete in every area of life. they very scare lose out to fellow S'poreans even in Oz.
Think Malaysians in Oz more down to earth. Loves hanging out at their place to cook, makan and share jokes that only S'poreans and Malaysians understands.
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Originally posted by Rhonda:
Singaporeans... a few are quite 'dao' and competitive so forget about hanging out with those. However, there are those who you just clique with and have a good laugh with and chat in that peculiar mix of English-Malay-Mandarin language. Hehehe!
Brey, I'm heading to the Singapore Day event! I might end up going alone cause I sian 1/2 waiting for my Singaporean friends to make up their minds about whether they want to go or not.
In any case, it's easier to snap photos when I'm there by myself. And, on top of that, I can da bao and eat all the food I want without feeling pai seh about it.
But then again, by then, I might just have a date tagging along.
I did get asked out by three blokes and I'm akan datang'ing till after exams, so see how...
If I come Mel in Oct, I oso want to go SG day.... can bring frens of other Nationalities along ?? -
i've never lived overseas for a particularly long period of time...i've learnt my english in singapore..so i think i speak quite normally...just that i don't speak singlish. somehow, strangers always think i'm from overseas. taxi drivers will always ask me what country i'm from????? when i speak mandarin in china...the local chinese will ask me which part of china i'm from?????? i should just learn to keep my mouth shut.
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Originally posted by viciouskitty74:
jetta, I hate to think that I spoke accented ink-ga-lish to your hub.
He did wonder.... -
my wife came with a varity of accents when she speak english a bit of wales, british, and american. So one day I told her to make up her mind and stick to one. If she speak with a brit with her American colleague I reminded her not to sound too condescending. Must have caught on during the pacific journey an alter state of ego.
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When I talk to the ang moh in my normal accent, they dun understand, only till I slang alittle then they understand me. Damn those accent! haha
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Originally posted by SpeedStar:
When I talk to the ang moh in my normal accent, they dun understand, only till I slang alittle then they understand me. Damn those accent! haha
that is so true. -
I think if we slang abit then our words are better dictated and thus sounds more 'professional' and understandable.
Either ways I'm comfortable with both.
Will all my colleagues from Aussie and stuff, I guess it's only natural that I take up a little accent even if I don't mean to..