Taiwan Celebrities Suan Singaporean English

blu_sky SG

so you agree that there are people in sg who speak lousy english.

Of course, i have said that in this thread (please see above) and have never denied that. I will never deny you of your existence. Cool.

I gathered in addition to your problem in speaking good english, you have problem in reading english too!

Deino SG

so you agree that there are people in sg who speak lousy english.

we do not use lousy english......

we're just too accustomed to using english in our own ways......

i do admit that its kinda irritating when some of my friends try to mimic speaking so called ang moh english......

coz i do know ang moh who can't read english well which i find very confusing.....how can a person speak english fluently and not know how to read i thought.......

becoz of this, we tend to speak brokeded english.....

the only way we can prevent this is by reminding each other, especially your friends of the errors they made.....

4getmenot SG

Its just a drama show, no point getting all worked up over it, notice that the artistes who attended aren't even popular in singapore.. get the point folks? :D

I'm sure more folks in singapore can speak english than the folks in taiwan ;)

btw, i wonder y they dun make fun of konglish? (korean-english) or japlish? (japanese-english), maybe they know they'll be outdone by both these country's netizens.. xD

EkBoy SG

I think that some of these Taiwanese or tourist that came to SG communicated with the many foreign nationals who are working in SG and thus thought they are Singaporeans. As I noticed many foreigners flooding the workforce especially in the frontline, ie service industry. And they have their own accents as well. That's y 1 of the host was asking "isnt that slang from M'sia'. Philipines etc"...

UnLeAsH_cHa0s SG

we have to admit that some singaporeans hav gd command of english, some moderate and mayb some poor, but i think majority of us hav a better command of the language than the taiwanese, not in terms of language structure of cos (singlish comes to mind), but in terms of pronunciation. if u hav watched enough taiwan "we can speak gd english" shows, be it variety or drama or watever, u will get wat i mean. so if they want to make a fool of themselves, which they hav done so often in their politics, let them be.

sidetrack... y r they not daring enough to talk abt china's command of english on the show? think abt it guys...

mudkipz SG

ok whose english gives u shivers, thai or jap? thai/viet for me

X k SG

when japanese pronounce english they really are 可愛い〜(especially the girls)

dragon_stone SG

all i can say is that they are cowards, why apologise after the comments, no b*@ls

blu_sky SG

Worse are those to apologised insincerely and retract them later. Coward.

mudkipz SG

when japanese pronounce english they really are 可愛い〜(especially the girls)

and some people actually think we belong to that kind

Short Ninja SG

ok whose english gives u shivers, thai or jap? thai/viet for me

Maybe they sounded funny but at least they understood what you were saying

blu_sky SG

Maybe they sounded funny but at least they understood what you were saying

Yes, let's learn humility. And instead of focusing on what others cant do, how about appreciating what others can do?

Cmingyu SG

Talk about double standards, what comes round goes round.......

Brain drain, talent mismatch hold Taiwan back

Multinational companies also complain that candidates have weak English skills. -Reuters

http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20080316-54671.html

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