Great answers. Lately i have discovered it's much better to not
really let noisy neighbours make you angry, because i get headaches
after i tell them off. So even though they shut it, i still suffer
from a bleeding headache at the end of it. So now adays i go out.
And i express my discontent by being "diplomatically nice,"
sometimes the neighbours get the sarcasm but most of the time it
goes over their head, but its much better than blowing up in
anger.
For other people going through the same problems i would advise
that. THis rings a bell to those that said use "neigbourly love"
although my love would be sarcastic.
About the usage of Wog, it used to be a phrase for "western
orientalized gentleman," what you might call "geh angmoh" when we
found it laughable how non Europeans adopted our practices and
clothing and style etc etc. That was in the colonial era. Then as
globalization kicked in (much earlier and within Europe 1st among
European states), we used it on other europeans who might be
white.
Today it could be used to refer to peoples who are dark skinned.
But not necessarily. It all depends on context. In britain long
ago, we called the French wogs, then the Indians, Poles and now the
Middle Easterners and Muslim Britains (although it is not allowed
today; hence why Asia seems to be the place where there is no
constitutional ban on the insult). In Australia we called the brits
wogs and poms. It has many contexts and usages.
But I use it for anyone who behaves like a twat regardless of
skin colour, it has the added benefit of not being understood as a
recognized slur in Singapore.
Thanks
But some neighbours were just too dense to even know you
were being sarcastic to them and your sarcasm would become
pointless and backfired. So, in order for them to
feel your wrath you have to speak their lingo to get your
point across.
I mean like your neighbours, if they are bunch of hokkien 'ping'
you don't speak to them in proper comprehensible English as they
wouldn't understand you or worse think that you are trying to show
off your powerful language. So, you just do it the Singaporean way,
:- "KNNBCCB! CHA! CHA! CHA simi lanjiao!" Crude? Yes! But
definitely more effective.