Singapore for Singaporeans?

[fightingmom]

pinky:

LOLMum:

Oops, more cockles....hum....

ah..I see, the harmful hums :evil: :rotflmao:

:rotflmao: :rotflmao:

[janet88]

pinky:

LOLMum:

Oops, more cockles....hum....

ah..I see, the harmful hums :evil: :rotflmao:

Those hums very dirty...hepatitis lah. This type of stuff don't eat also can.

[DesertWind]

verykiasu2010:

between 16 Sept 1963 to 9 Aug 1965, everyone here is a Malaysian

Good point.

[lim72]

My dh gets very irritated whenever he hears the prc hawkers say ‘tu dou’ instead of ‘gang dang’ or ‘ma ling shu’ for potatos. And from prc newsreaders ‘兰花’ instead of ‘胡姬花’, ‘空调’ instead of ‘冷气’。We are being invaded, including the languag we have been using for years.

[lim72]

My son was taught to sing their 爱国歌!what 中华民国 blah blah blah... we were like :mad: what the hell is this!

[Imami]

verykiasu2010:

Imami:

[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]
even some ministers in the government are recent converts to SG citizens, some in oppo too

got ah? Who?? So

the one last time say go across causeway to live in old folks home when old[/quote] :rotflmao: :rotflmao: I know! Oh then no wonder la... From there one don't mind going back.

[janet88]

lim72:

My dh gets very irritated whenever he hears the prc hawkers say 'tu dou' instead of 'gang dang' or 'ma ling shu' for potatos. And from prc newsreaders '兰花' instead of '胡姬花', '空调' instead of '冷气'。We are being invaded, including the languag we have been using for years.

'tu Dou' is potato? Not some bean ? :rotflmao:
Seriously, I always say 'Leng qi' (air con). What is 'kong tiao'? To me, it means 'adjusting the air'.

[lim72]

janet_lee88:

lim72:

My dh gets very irritated whenever he hears the prc hawkers say 'tu dou' instead of 'gang dang' or 'ma ling shu' for potatos. And from prc newsreaders '兰花' instead of '胡姬花', '空调' instead of '冷气'。We are being invaded, including the languag we have been using for years.

'tu Dou' is potato? Not some bean ? :rotflmao:
Seriously, I always say 'Leng qi' (air con). What is 'kong tiao'? To me, it means 'adjusting the air'.

'Tu dou' in hokkien it means ground peanuts. :rotflmao:

[pinky]

someone wrote to the chinese papers recently lamenting why CNY became chunjie and not xin nian. I also prefer xin nian cos we don’t have 4 seasons in the first place and xin nian means a brand new start which sounds better to me. I will greet with xin nian kwai le and not chun jie kwai le.

[daisyt]

lim72:

My dh gets very irritated whenever he hears the prc hawkers say 'tu dou' instead of 'gang dang' or 'ma ling shu' for potatos. And from prc newsreaders '兰花' instead of '胡姬花', '空调' instead of '冷气'。We are being invaded, including the languag we have been using for years.

Agree! I still prefer gan dang, ma ling shu and xin nian kuai le.