Has anyone successfully dropped their Singaporean accent

last SG · 2009-09-12T14:50:29+00:00

we acquire our accent by the age of 6and i dun think we can just drop it and pick up a new accent those are all faked but tt doesn't mean we have to speak s...

laurence82 SG

i mean it udon

u go get buried or cremated

udontknowme SG

what other options are there?

laurence82 SG

die is not an option

udontknowme SG

im talking abt AFTER i die lah. tsk

NeutralDensity0.6 SG

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 SG

udon and Ah Lau never fail to crack me up.

Matsuri SG

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 SG

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 SG

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 SG

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 SG

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

jetta SG

udon and Ah Lau never fail to crack me up.

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

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