Singapore for Singaporeans?

[daisyt]

Once I asked a PRC bus driver, how much is the bus fare from the bus stop I am boarding to the interchange (3 bus stops only), he 说话： ＂不是很贵＂(not very expensive). I was speechless. The reason of me asking was because I knew there was this bus with fixed fare but I forgot what the number was and I wanted to avoid that bus.

[snowlotus]

Wat to do? Employ more from Philipine or India who can speak english to be our bus drivers, sales and nurses?

[pinky]

snowlotus:

Wat to do? Employ more from Philipine or India who can speak english to be our bus drivers, sales and nurses?

their english is also heavily accented, try those telco or bank helplines, sometimes I have to ask them to repeat bec hard to grasp their pronounciation

[janet88]

pinky:

snowlotus:

Wat to do? Employ more from Philipine or India who can speak english to be our bus drivers, sales and nurses?

their english is also heavily accented, try those telco or bank helplines, sometimes I have to ask them to repeat bec hard to grasp their pronounciation

Some known banks or IT companies hire many Indians to be support staff. You will need a lot of time to understand them. There are many nurses now who are from china and Philippines. Govt too successful with the 'stop at 2' then...that's why this is happening.

[hquek]

Thing is that it is pretty inevitable. Look at china. One and only child. Last time by force, and it seems nowadays more by choice. In future there is probably going to be huge problem with the few young folks supporting the aged. Look at America, percentage of non white births has just become the majority. Already there are reports the face (or maybe colour) of the world is going to change.

[limlim]

resgmom:

冷气机 is one of the commonly used term to describing air-con in Chinese. Anyway, it's the default term to describe air-con (in written and spoken language) at least in places in Hong Kong.

Nothing wrong with the usage. Everyone locally knows what is \"冷气机\".

Except that it is simply a commonly used term and NOT a correct translation for \"Air conditioner\" in ENGLISH.

If you're trying to say \"cool air machine\", you are correct.

But if you're trying to say \"air conditioner\", technically, it is wrong translation.

That's all I want to say.

[limlim]

snowlotus:

Wat to do? Employ more from Philipine or India who can speak english to be our bus drivers, sales and nurses?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....

some pinoy's english is crap.. it's a torture speaking english to some of them..

[Oppsgal]

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/eastasia/view/1202890/1/.html


Wish companies here could follow this.

:sad:

But think mostly don't do so, just replace with FTs?

[Imami]

daisyt:

Once I asked a PRC bus driver, how much is the bus fare from the bus stop I am boarding to the interchange (3 bus stops only), he 说话： ＂不是很贵＂(not very expensive). I was speechless. The reason of me asking was because I knew there was this bus with fixed fare but I forgot what the number was and I wanted to avoid that bus.

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :slapshead:

[concern2]

Imami:

daisyt:

Once I asked a PRC bus driver, how much is the bus fare from the bus stop I am boarding to the interchange (3 bus stops only), he 说话： ＂不是很贵＂(not very expensive). I was speechless. The reason of me asking was because I knew there was this bus with fixed fare but I forgot what the number was and I wanted to avoid that bus.

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :slapshead:

The culture is different lah. It is their way of being friendly. Sometimes they hear you speak in Mandarin they treat you as their own people, but the way they speak to their own people can be very direct, sometimes so direct that the sound rude to us. I often have to stick to speaking in English to them, especially those in the service industries so they remain polite as we would expect from a service personnel.