Former SCDF and CNB chiefs arrested

[daisyt]

Yes i got that, but why use Chinese helicopter as a 比喻 for pro Chinese? Why that word helicopter?

[Nebbermind]

[quote]Chinese helicopter n. [Eng. helicopter, poss. < mispron. of Eng. educated: see quot. 1985] Also ellipt. helicopter. derog. A person (esp. a soldier) who, as a result of being raised in a Chinese-speaking family or being educated in a Chinese-language medium, cannot speak English well and is perceived to be overly Chinese or oriental. See also Blue Thunder.

1985 Michael Chiang Army Daze 42 Helicopter. The Chinese educated soldier. The story goes that a recruit, when asked what school he came from, answered “Chinese helucated”, which went down in the army annals as Chinese helicopter. Nowadays, extremely inarticulate soldiers are called Blue Thunder (named after the film and TV series about a super advanced US chopper). 1991 Valerie Tan The Straits Times (Section 3), 9 August, 19 Chinese helicopter – a Chinese-educated type who sports a two-by-four haircut. 2004 Wong Kim Hoh The Sunday Times, 22 February, 42 [T]he self-professed Ah Beng and Chinese helicopter (local slang for a Chinese-educated person who speaks poor English).. 2009 Kor Kian Beng The Straits Times, 27 March, A28 .. Ms Lim, who went to Hai Sing Girls’ High, shares freely about how she used to dread being described as a “Chinese helicopter” during her schooling days. The phrase is apparently derived from a mispronunciation of the phrase “Chinese-educated”. It has since become local slang for a Chinese-educated person who speaks poor English.
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[3Boys]

csc:

3 boys is the potato .


Insider is the chinese helicopter.

Am I right?

Caricatures undoubtedly, I don't think either of us can be so narrowly defined.....but useful nonetheless to occasionally pivot discussions insofar as to provide reference point for perspectives.

[pinky]

sall:

Is the woman involved a PRC?

Is there really a woman involved in the first place?

identity not revealed but now 'helping' in investigations
the IT co she works in provides service to a few govt dept and she has diret access to both men. Was quoted in the papers as 'shou wan gao ming' - very good in PR/'socialising' :evil:
usually in these cases, will the woman be convicted also? there were cases where they can get away scot free, sometimes even their names were not revealed

[concern2]

WeiHan:

I am not sure about second issue. Maybe, our top civil servants should be offered sanctioned, pretty, sexy women of their choice as part of the official reward?

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: ...then they will not be tempted into having more... :rotflmao: Good on you, WeiHan! limlim, this one's better than yours about giving everyone 50 marks to start of with so the students not likely to cheat.

[concern2]

HVR:

Of course it is wrong to corrupt but until such time that they are proven guilty, we should be measured in our comments. Dont forget CPIB recently just clear a former Principal of any wrong doing after their investigation.

Agree on this. So are rumours.

[concern2]

csc:

3 boys is the potato .


Insider is the chinese helicopter.

Am I right?

:rotflmao: :siam:

[concern2]

daisyt:

Yes i got that, but why use Chinese helicopter as a 比喻 for pro Chinese? Why that word helicopter?

daisyt, from my understanding, the name originated decades years ago from NS, referring to Chinese who could not speak English. They could not pronouce the word 'educated' properly so it ended up sounding like helicopter -- dio bo?

[concern2]

3Boys:

csc:

3 boys is the potato .


Insider is the chinese helicopter.

Am I right?

Caricatures undoubtedly, I don't think either of us can be so narrowly defined.....but useful nonetheless to occasionally pivot discussions insofar as to provide reference point for perspectives.

:rotflmao: 3Boys! You really got ink! :udaman:

[Emelyn]

pinky:

sall:

Is the woman involved a PRC?

Is there really a woman involved in the first place?

identity not revealed but now 'helping' in investigations
the IT co she works in provides service to a few govt dept and she has diret access to both men. Was quoted in the papers as 'shou wan gao ming' - very good in PR/'socialising' :evil:
usually in these cases, will the woman be convicted also? there were cases where they can get away scot free, sometimes even their names were not revealed

I am really curious which IT Co this lady comes from. Cos I work in a IT Co which provides services to a few govt dept.
Then last week, my boss said she is currently involved in the investigation into certain business misconduct. She is \"doing\" the investigation\", not being \"investigated\" though.

Very curious....