The Official Anti-Singlish Thread

last SG · 2006-06-15T15:05:26+00:00

Originally posted by ruuix: [b]Singlish or English? In my own opinion, what matters most is our ability to code-switch. For all of you out there who don't k...

trendz SG

Singlish - we've enough of national identities.

We don't need any more.

In time to come, those people who ain't versatile (ie. not fast to adapt, know how and when to speak standard english), will get lost even before the gateway of global mass communication.

Have your say. Wink

MosPyramid SG

Official?? Shocked

+1

[email protected] SG

er, we have enough threads against singlish. dun need too many or it becomes pointless

Chelzea SG

i think its time 4 u to migrate Laughing

Glen999 SG

Trendz, get a life lah....

striderz_o405 SG

Laughing

ndmmxiaomayi SG

With the invention of instant messenging, not only will you see Singlish, you will see 1337 [email protected] as well. Laughing

So it doesn't matter if you insist on using the language the correct way, it only matters if you know how to switch at the correct time.

[email protected] SG

its nothing wrong to be against the inability to master a language tho, thats my stand. those who can even feel a handicap like that is something to be proud of, well, honestly.... tsk tsk.

I'm proud to be a Singaporean who can speak BOTH proper mandrin and english. im proud that singlish is not my only means of communication.

[email protected] SG

it does matter. remember my analogy? would u rather have a pleasantly and neatly typed letter or huge wall with letters spelled out in shit? im not a stickler for perfect english all the time, but honestly singlish is over-used by people. in instances when both will suffice, i would take english over singlish anytime

trendz SG

eh. is that the only thing you can say? what a dumb motherf*cker!
limited vocab. go f*ck youself; loser-fag!

trendz SG

sad sod. in this case, going with the crowd doesn't give you any benefits. so i'ld appreciate if you just simply stfu, really.

_|_

ndmmxiaomayi SG

There's no need to use vulgarity on people who you don't agree with. You can tell him/her in a nice way.

trendz SG

i didn't know you love sucking up to his balls.
what a pathetic b*stard!

trendz SG

Using the soft-approach doesn't work on him. and he has irritated me on quite a number of occasions alright?! Why? you wanna side this kinda chee-na low-life gits? If so, by all means.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

I would choose a pleasantly typed letter anytime. But in any instance where people can understand both languages, I would see no harm in using sub-standard English unless it's a formal occasion.

ditzy SG

Fight! Fight! Fight! Mad

SaintDL SG

I agree that Singlish should be abolished.... ONLINE AND WHEN TALKING TO FOREIGNERS.

It has been a pain in the ar*e to decipher(yes, decipher. they're harder to understand then aliens from planet69.) what are some singaporeans saying online.

And at times their replies, while containing perfect vocabulary, have bad grammar. And at times when they have both, their replies deviate SOOOOO much from the original post that it makes no sense at all. It is like:

David : My Name is David what is 1+1
singlish: I like meat do you think sheep like cheese?

OK so it isn't like that but i just wanted to project my point across. Sometimes they want to say alot of things but they don't know how to correctly arrange and format what they want to say. Everything gets jumbled together and eventually a baby's GAGA makes much more sense then what they say.

However i like my singlish when talking to people.

And yes, get a life dood. This is old. WAYYYYYY TOOOOO OLLLLDDDDDD.
I should kick myself for even responding to your post.

MosPyramid SG

This is just a forum dude Neutral

Just like I agitate you: I screw your mum.

What can you do? Crawl out of my pc and beat me up? Rolling Eyes
Since not much harm I can see his post, forget about it?

Anyway is your who starts the vulgarities, I will side him if you presist.

patches SG

i'm new to this forum but from the posts that you put up, it doesn't take a genius to see why striderz_o405 and others likes to "irritate" you.

[email protected] SG

i think he was laughing at the use of the "lah"

don't be too quick to jump to conclusions

and i agree with some others here. tone down on the vulguarities please. no need to sink to their level. afterall the english language has many insults which are not vulgar, that u could use on him.

it wasn't very fair in my personal opinion to jump on ndmmxiaomayi like u did.