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    Classic vocab / terms

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      verykiasu2010
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      limlim:


      Get out of my elite uncaring face......


      :siam: 😉 :evil: :evil:
      thanks for the non-elite caring reminder :rotflmao:

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        Way2GO
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        LSS's massacre of d English language.

        best, better, betterer, betterest.

        I m not riled by dis wan, instead find it ridiculous. :faint:

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          verykiasu2010
          last edited by

          Way2GO:
          LSS's massacre of d English language.

          best, better, betterer, betterest.

          I m not riled by dis wan, instead find it ridiculous. :faint:
          he said that ? :faint:

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            Way2GO
            last edited by

            Yup, he coined those words in 2010 speech after d wan about cheaper, better, faster.

            Quote
            “If you’re the best today, strive to be better. If you’re better today, strive to be ‘betterer’ and if you’re ‘betterer’ today, strive to be ‘betterest’ so that over time, Singapore’s service standards can just keep getting better, ‘betterer’ and ‘betterest’.”

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              janet88
              last edited by

              Way2GO:
              Yup, he coined those words in 2010 speech after d wan about cheaper, better, faster.

              Quote
              “If you’re the best today, strive to be better. If you’re better today, strive to be ‘betterer’ and if you’re ‘betterer’ today, strive to be ‘betterest’ so that over time, Singapore’s service standards can just keep getting better, ‘betterer’ and ‘betterest’.”
              More better.
              More best.

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                verykiasu2010
                last edited by

                Way2GO:
                Yup, he coined those words in 2010 speech after d wan about cheaper, better, faster.

                Quote
                “If you’re the best today, strive to be better. If you’re better today, strive to be ‘betterer’ and if you’re ‘betterer’ today, strive to be ‘betterest’ so that over time, Singapore’s service standards can just keep getting better, ‘betterer’ and ‘betterest’.”
                googled. wow ! ok, added ! (to be betterest)

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                  pinky
                  last edited by

                  janet_lee88:
                  Way2GO:

                  Yup, he coined those words in 2010 speech after d wan about cheaper, better, faster.

                  Quote
                  “If you’re the best today, strive to be better. If you’re better today, strive to be ‘betterer’ and if you’re ‘betterer’ today, strive to be ‘betterest’ so that over time, Singapore’s service standards can just keep getting better, ‘betterer’ and ‘betterest’.”

                  More better.
                  More best.

                  betterest is not enough.
                  must be best, bester, bestest :evil: :evil:

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                    pinky
                    last edited by

                    no one will be left behind

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                      limlim
                      last edited by

                      Oh yeah… the classic…


                      Moving forward, leave "Nobody" behind…
                      ___________________^ (the)

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                        SAHM_TAN
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                        ....there's no such thing called total happiness....


                        the link from which the above quote is extracted http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1079496/1/.html

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