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Introducing Singlish

XinfulThotz @XinfulThotz (4136) • Singapore, Singapore 23 Sep 16

I am wondering if i should introduce Singlish to mylotters. Would mylotters have a hard time understanding what I am saying? My English is already not so good. If I introduce Singlish and add in how I speak normally in real...

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Can Singlish be understood by a foreigner?

singapurense @singapurense (49) • Singapore 17 Mar 10

Well, its been a long time. I was talking to an executive from Barcelona, Spain recently and we happened to talk about languages (since my job is very much related to it). Though he knew English, he was expressing the...

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is singlish irritating ?

freakingman @freakingman (239) • Singapore 14 Oct 08

have you go to singapore, and encounter some people that speaks in funny ways? it seems to be english at first, but when you listened to it, there are also some mixture of other language and also some words like 'lah, loh'. is it...

funny way to speak

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What? Singlish? What are you talking about?

Laqerth @Laqerth (10) • Singapore 27 Mar 07

Yes, Singlish, has been created by us singaporeans. It's not much of considered as a language, but probably an accent of speaking English. I've done a bit of research, and found out that there are also things like Manglish and...

speaking english

visiting singapore

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