Speak Good English Movement/Campaign -- again !
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if u look at the President Election stats, there were only 2.15M voters. If u estimate 1M of SG who are not old enough to vote, there are only 3+Mil of Singaporeans.
The other 2.5Mil are all PR/Foreigners, right? Prob 30~40% or even more are PRC… -
Haha I passed the Engrish test.
I had a colleague who used to say tree sheeps instead of three ships. 
And another who said chiu-ren instead of children. -
Nebbermind:
if u look at the President Election stats, there were only 2.15M voters. If u estimate 1M of SG who are not old enough to vote, there are only 3+Mil of Singaporeans.
The other 2.5Mil are all PR/Foreigners, right? Prob 30~40% or even more are PRC...
there are also citizens who simply do not bother to vote, thus not in the 2.15m. -
jtoh:
Haha I passed the Engrish test.
I had a colleague who used to say tree sheeps instead of three ships. And another who said chiu-ren instead of children.
Way to go jtoh :rahrah: -
ZacK:
Tens que!jtoh:
Haha I passed the Engrish test.
I had a colleague who used to say tree sheeps instead of three ships. And another who said chiu-ren instead of children.
Way to go jtoh :rahrah:
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:thankyou: for posting the wonderful videos! Simply love them!
I've got one too. Must read the subtitles!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dowNFKCC_ZA&feature=player_embedded -
concern2:
:rotflmao: I like the 'one dollar!':thankyou: for posting the wonderful videos! Simply love them!
I've got one too. Must read the subtitles!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dowNFKCC_ZA&feature=player_embedded -
Singapore from Taiwanese perspective:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYuIg7Tnc7g&feature=related -
No doubt there is a bigger difference between Singlish and English, what’s so different is American English from British English (other than the accent and spelling) that we should learn from? Please correct me if I am wrong.
Isn’t it more important that we are able to speak good and proper English and can understand English of different accents? What, just because America is more powerful we should learn American English? So when do we need to start learning Beijing Chinese - or should it be Shanghai Chinese? -
What I fear, and may already be happening, is that Singaporeans will be speaking part-British, part-American, part-Singlish and part-Chinglish !! :faint: :faint:
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