Mandarin speaking people sucks!!!

last SG · 2006-12-14T10:15:22+00:00

and i am proud of people like you.

dragg SG

to make things worst, singaporeans are not even good at english.

LazerLordz SG

proportionately, yeah. So there might be a higher percentage too..

but that's not the real issue here.. the real issue here is that this girl, is one mistaken fellow. Rolling Eyes

pinkish purple papayas SG

precisely. english language CMI, chinese language CMI.

if we are countries like japan, korean, malaysia, at least they

japanese language can, english CMI
korean language can, english CMI
malay language can, english so-so

at least these people held their heads high, love their culture and language.

we singaporeans are just a copycat nation just trying to learn the most economically-strong language in the world.

wheres our REAL mother-tongue? GONE! banned in all govt-owned media. cantonese? huh? hokkien? huh? shanghainese? huh?

what left is just half-baked, disgraceful creole like unrecognised degrading , funny accented chinese, we singaporeans speak of... Crying or Very sad

dragg SG

not just chinese, many cant even speak their own dialects.

knn, what stupid speak english champaign. the banning of dialect programs on tv should be lifted.

it is obviously not working.

vito_corleone SG

ang lixing is such an uncouth, vile name. ask this little tart to get an ENGLISH name first before she makes any claims about being part of the english-speaking ala "eat potato" clique Laughing

vito_corleone SG

another michael richards...sigh... Laughing

charlize SG

How you know?

Unless ... Laughing

Hogzilla SG

In response to the potato's article, I think he / she only saw how teenagers behave and it should never be any way connected to a language superority. Btw, the issue of language superority is outdated. If you talk about language superority with those into lingulistic, I think you are going to be a laughing stock.

x2.

Singlish is cool. Cooler than English and Mandarin.

Singaporeans, don't you feel comfortable speaking with the "lah"s and "lor"s? Of course, Singlish isn't just not about "lah"s and "lor"s, it's the identity and uniquely Singaporean signature.

The "invention" of Singlish as a dialect shows the world the integration of the multi-racial society in Singapore. Any attempt to diminish it shall be seen as an attempt to undermine the unity of SIngapore's multi-racial society.

So we should speak proper English to those who wants us to speak proper English. When we are talking among Singaporean, Singlish, please.

Ito_^ SG

This seems to stem from the Chinese school of thought which advocates 'If I don't take, I lose out' and 'If others can do it, so can I, otherwise I lose out', among other factors.

where she hear this from one har? Mad

Cenarious SG

Yup this is also why our variety shows CMI because they cannot speak in their most natural language.

LazerLordz SG

Like I said, she's just a kid. Laughing

And have you noticed that Singlish is something that sprung up naturally amongst ourselves? It's not a government-run national unity campaign or program.

Let's think further, why would they want to limit Singlish, but at the same time, try to impose their own brand of national campaigns? The conspiracy theorist inside me thinks "Aiyah, gahment want to control everything, because they scared of what they cannot control mah"

charlize SG

Next time, someone blasts their music from their phones, you should go up to them and say:

Poor thing, cannot afford to buy yourself earphones? Tsk Tsk.

Laughing

vito_corleone SG

Originally posted by pinkish purple papayas:
Go Chinese cities like Taipei,HK,Beijing etc observe the eloquence of the language.

Chinese languages are a really beautiful language, be it official ones or dialects.

Although i am a Singaporean, english educated and grew up in english speaking family. I am definately proud to be a Chinese and i would never do anything to degrade Chinese langauge or culture.

hong kongers speak mandrin? hai mai ah? yao moh gao chor? Laughing taipei = eloquent mandrin? one look at president "ah baaaaan" and you know somewhere along the way the taiwanese competency in proper mandrin screwed up big time

Hogzilla SG

I think the ban dialect is lan lan one. When Singaporeans are divided by race, I'm sure that no one hopes to divide the Chinese population by differentiate it with dialect groups.

But I would love to see more actions bt civilian organizatiion to promote dialect.

LazerLordz SG

I bet the letter writing kid is someone who would fail to understand the richness of Singapore Theatre, where language and patois are equally promoted and mixed.

This is the era of cross-disciplines, she could very well be an anachronism if she doesn't change her ways.

dragg SG

ah biannn speaks with a strong hokkien accent, nothing wrong his standard of mandarin i am sure.

pinkish purple papayas SG

In our Singaporean money loving environment, money speaks.

If I were a millionaire, and i speak Singlish, people will still lick my boots regardless.

Has Singaporeans value langauges like dollars and cents?

I just could'nt understand why a formal language like cantonese, official language of HK could be banned in Singapore? What rule is this? 80 million people worldwide are cantonese speaking, mainly the chinese diaspora.

If one day cantonese or malay language would become an economic power, would PAPpies lead a speak-malay campaign and butter-up to malaysia or indonesia?

udontknowme SG

chinese is made up of many different dialects like mandarin,cantonese,hokkien,teocheow...etc.

and yes hongkongers are now picking up mandarin and some are indeed pretty good Razz

as for taiwan...i have nothing to say as i know nothing about that place...

LazerLordz SG

You can't expect Taiwanese to be native speakers of Mandarin, considering that they are Hokkien by descent and their native language is Minnanese.

Mandarin as a common language, is a product of the Commies when they unified China in 1949.

LazerLordz SG

You're right. The Chinese diaspora is mainly Cantonese and Hokkien speaking.

Somewhere along the line, pragmatism made our officials lazy, therefore they stuck to Mandarin.

Did you know that in Australia, government departments have helplines in Cantonese, Vietnamese and what not.. besides Mandarin.

When I was staying there for a while, the level of dialects being spoken was much higher, and people actually bother to spend CNY together for longer periods of time, not like SG where more and more people choose to just take a holiday.

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