Has anyone successfully dropped their Singaporean accent

• udontknowme

  17 Oct 09, 22:26

  Originally posted by laurence82:

  i was mistaken for

  mainlander by taiwanese

  hkers by mainlanders

  taiwanese by taiwanese taxi drivers

  malaysian by one taiwanese

  having ang moh accent by singaporeans

  i think i better stop talking

  

  fo sho

• laurence82

  17 Oct 09, 22:26

  Originally posted by udontknowme:

  fo sho

  simi?

• udontknowme

  17 Oct 09, 22:31

  that you should stop talking

• laurence82

  17 Oct 09, 22:32

  u go and die, udon

• udontknowme

  17 Oct 09, 22:34

  one should never say things that one never means

• laurence82

  17 Oct 09, 22:35

  i mean it udon

  u go get buried or cremated

   

• udontknowme

  17 Oct 09, 22:44

  what other options are there?

• laurence82

  17 Oct 09, 22:52

  die is not an option

• udontknowme

  17 Oct 09, 22:54

  im talking abt AFTER i die lah. tsk

• NeutralDensity0.6

  19 Oct 09, 00:46

  I actually do wish I can still speak Singlish.

  I've tried speaking it with Singaporeans and I just couldn't do it as fluently as they can.

   

   

• Meia Gisborn

  19 Oct 09, 08:06

  udon and Ah Lau never fail to crack me up. 

• Matsuri

  10 Nov 09, 13:48

  I have lived in Australia for 3 years, and counting. Just got my PR early this year too!
  
  I don't want to drop my Singaporean accent. What for? I simply speak English with the Caucasians, and then use Singlish if I meet any Singaporeans or Malaysians. It's only fair since Caucasians won't understand Singlish, and any self-respecting Singaporeans will understand Singlish if they'd spent a good deal of their lives in Singapore. I'd been told I speak with a British accent, but that's because I spent 3 years previously in the UK. I still speak Singlish like any other Singaporean when I'm back for a holiday, and I like it lots.
  
  So, I don't know why anyone would want to drop it. Is it so paiseh?

• Alp

  10 Nov 09, 14:16

   

  How about self-developed accents of western origins, after having lived in native SG for the past 20 yrs or so, without much exposure to angmos in near vicinity? I did that more than once, not intentional of course, and my army superiors thought that I came from some other countries.

  Then, there's also audiobooks like How to Speak Like an American...if anyone's interested...

• fishbuff1

  15 Nov 09, 17:22

  i didnt drop mine but i alter abit by dropping all the lah and lor and most of the words pronounced are flat-toned instead of the usual high-low-high type that we commonly used.

• Kohkeelian

  2 Dec 09, 10:51

  If you live in another country for a long period of time, chances are, it will shift. I have been working in China for >4 yrs now, when I speak, the china locals somehow knew that I am not local chinese, but when I go back to Sg, our very own locals say I don't sound singaporean liao!!! I ended up feeling like I belong no where. So sad leh.

• bl1995cy

  3 Dec 09, 09:37

  depends who you talk with, you must know how change lo. 

• jetta

  13 Dec 09, 17:46

  Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:

  udon and Ah Lau never fail to crack me up. 

  Makes you wonder..... *hmmmm, rubs chin*