Night Owl Chatterboxes - Part LIV

last SG · 2008-03-31T21:28:42+00:00

from a pet to food.. in a few minutes...ahahahahaha .....

Rhonda SG

well wat's in TODAY isn't just abt speaking dialects though it's e main agenda... our roots

I think speaking dialects should be the responsibility of the parents and grandparents, not the school!!

16/f/lonely SG

I think speaking dialects should be the responsibility of the parents and grandparents, not the school!!

I object! If we're gonna rely on just your family, the result would be what we see, a general decline in the use of dialects.

On the other hand, schools are also where most kids pick up dialect, eg. c*** b***, k** n** n**......and so on, so..... Laughing

sbst275 SG

I think speaking dialects should be the responsibility of the parents and grandparents, not the school!!

both ways

anyway usage of dialect on mass media is banned

Rhonda SG

I object! If we're gonna rely on just your family, the result would be what we see, a general decline in the use of dialects.

On the other hand, schools are also where most kids pick up dialect, eg. c*** b***, k** n** n**......and so on, so..... Laughing

Like that, the army is an even better place to 'teach' dialects!

16/f/lonely SG

Like that, the army is an even better place to 'teach' dialects!

Nope. Schools are where everything starts......NS simply hones all the bad habits. Laughing

sbst275 SG

Nope. Schools are where everything starts......NS simply hones all the bad habits. Laughing

LinYu SG

Nope. Schools are where everything starts......NS simply hones all the bad habits. Laughing

a bad worksman blames his tools

Rhonda SG

both ways

anyway usage of dialect on mass media is banned

The govt's choice mah. I remember back in the '70's, in the days of black-and-white bulky TV sets, Hong Kong drama series were shown in the original Cantonese language. So shiok.

And then, LKY decided to 'force' Chinese Singaporeans to learn Chinese, and in typical non-negotiable style, no more dialects were allowed to air on TV. Only Redifusion had dialect channels. I remember many a lazy afternoon spent dozing off in the hot sun as the Redifusion radio broadcast in Hokkien / Teochew : Dai Keh Ohk Hua Ger (Everyone Learn Mandarin).

Darnit... makes me feel like some relic now!

Rhonda SG

Better not let MOE handle the dialect-speaking thing, otherwise the poor Singapore students will have yet ANOTHER examinable subject on their hands sooner or later. I don't think they need that extra stress!

sbst275 SG

The govt's choice mah. I remember back in the '70's, in the days of black-and-white bulky TV sets, Hong Kong drama series were shown in the original Cantonese language. So shiok.

Darnit... makes me feel like some relic now!

only left 958 broadcasting news in dialect

ok la... one compromise, Friday morning Ch 8 does broadcast dialect operas...

sbst275 SG

well i think the clan assn can take part for tis matter

anyway they've contributed much to the education scene past and present

Rhonda SG

only left 958 broadcasting news in dialect

ok la... one compromise, Friday morning Ch 8 does broadcast dialect operas...

Orh... not so bad. Actually the best way to pick up any language is to keep watching shows in that language, with English subtitles, of course. I picked up quite a few Korean phrases that way. Now, I know how to scold / swear in English, Mandarin, Hokkien, Teochew, Korean, Japanese, French and maybe soon, in Greek and Italian! Machiam like pai kia like that!

sbst275 SG

Orh... not so bad. Actually the best way to pick up any language is to keep watching shows in that language, with English subtitles, of course. I picked up quite a few Korean phrases that way.

I see

lol

Rhonda SG

well i think the clan assn can take part for tis matter

anyway they've contributed much to the education scene past and present

We just have to make sure that things don't go overboard and spark off some clan riots. That will be like turning the clock back to the '60's and '70's! I remember that English was adopted as the main language here to unify all the different races, as well as to give a commercial competitive advantage.

sbst275 SG

yeap.. but well, somehow ends up we still got to remember our own roots

yeah gotta make sure it would not end up into clan clashes.

16/f/lonely SG

a bad worksman blames his tools

Let's just say the right conditions will reveal the dormant vulgar you at the appropriate moments.

As I mentioned before, the first time I said f*, I landed in the principal's office. Laughing

NS trains you in this. It's like a course. Laughing

Rhonda SG

I see

lol

Yeah... however, I've looked at my fireman before and told him that he doesn't look like an "O-ba", which is kinda like 'darling big brother', the way the Korean ladies like to call their boyfriends. He, being the typical Aussie, said, "Isn't it incest to call your boyfriend your 'big brother'?"

I tried to explain how the olden day Chinese girls would call men "da ge", including the men they fancy, and he insists it's still incestuous!

the Bear SG

I tried to explain how the olden day Chinese girls would call men "da ge", including the men they fancy, and he insists it's still incestuous!

i agree with him

Rhonda SG

yeap.. but well, somehow ends up we still got to remember our own roots

yeah gotta make sure it would not end up into clan clashes.

I think growing up with my Cantonese paternal Ah Ma and my Hokkien + Peranakan Ah Gong and my maternal Teochew Ah Ma taught me more about my roots than classroom lessons. I think the leaders who run Singapore should stop thinking with clockwork precision. I fear what kind of dialect syllabus they will introduce in schools.

Rhonda SG

i agree with him

He's a Libra, you're a Libra... I think all Libra males are a bit... skewed.

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