[lvlrsSTI]

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[winbig]

From all my interactions with people at various workplaces, it seems that only Singaporeans who attended university via the JC path can speak proper English. For Malaysians, I think only 10% of those who work here can speak proper English.

[p1acebo]

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I think he has been interacting with the geylang okts for too long liao 

[Niubee]

So what... We make things happen.

Others understand our England can Liao

[Buffybuffy]

I only need to know sinkie is earning 3.44 times than their good English speaker.

[Lukongsimi]

English mix with Chinese is common

[Migrant]

Ours, a multi racial culture. 
Rojak. But main ingredient is English. Many are able to switch from Singlish to good English.
So it all depends on situation. 
Go market, you speak good English, you get the stare. They say you eat kantang ah.....

[EvertonDiehard]

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Birds of an incompetent feather tend to flock together. This Malaysian MP has probably been spending too much time interacting with S'poreans who are incapable of speaking Standard English, and is under the impression that these acquaintances represent all the citizens of S'pore. LOL!

[EvertonDiehard]

Ours, a multi racial culture. Rojak. But main ingredient is English. Many are able to switch from Singlish to good English. So it all depends on situation. Go market, you speak good English, you get the stare. They say you eat kantang ah.

Even though English is considered a global language, most S'poreans appear to have command of less than 35% of the words in the lexicon. Adding Singlish into the mix serves only to confuse and hinder the learning of Standard English.

[EvertonDiehard]

So what... We make things happen. Others understand our England can Liao

There is a lack of fluency in spoken English among the majority of adults, in spite of 10 years or more of instruction in an English-medium school environment. Generations of young S'poreans enter the working world hampered by their inability to be understood globally. All things being equal, we are far more likely to advance in our careers if we utter grammatically correct English without incorporating elements of Chinese and Malay into our speech.

[EvertonDiehard]

From all my interactions with people at various workplaces, it seems that only Singaporeans who attended university via the JC path can speak proper English. For Malaysians, I think only 10% of those who work here can speak proper English.

Proper spoken English instantly defines us as highly educated people whose views and opinions are taken more seriously.  A strong command of the language is likely to lead to better paying jobs, greater social mobility as well as more social success.

[p1acebo]

Even though English is considered a global language, most S'poreans appear to have command of less than 35% of the words in the lexicon. Adding Singlish into the mix serves only to confuse and hinder the learning of Standard English.

My standards of english speakering ish sibei tokong.  Knn hiah, when I the speakering english leh, everybody ish keep quiets kuai kuai listen huan.  Ish boh bey zhao huan 

[Lukongsimi]

My standards of english speakering ish sibei tokong.  Knn hiah, when I the speakering english leh, everybody ish keep quiets kuai kuai listen huan.  Ish boh bey zhao huan 

Shows u r a true blue Singaporean 
Nothing wrong.lol

[EvertonDiehard]

My standards of english speakering ish sibei tokong.  Knn hiah, when I the speakering english leh, everybody ish keep quiets kuai kuai listen huan.  Ish boh bey zhao huan 

You are living proof that when Singlish is thoughtlessly acquired, it will be saved in the long term memory as an acceptable form of English. Our ability to speak Standard English suffers when we spend too much time interacting with others who speak a sub-standard form of the language, since we naturally tend to adopt the speech that is heard most of the time around us.

[EvertonDiehard]

Shows u r a true blue Singaporean Nothing wrong. lol

You are right that there is nothing wrong being classified as a true blue Singlish speaker.

[WhatDoYouThink!]

Proper spoken English instantly defines us as highly educated people whose views and opinions are taken more seriously.  A strong command of the language is likely to lead to better paying jobs, greater social mobility as well as more social success.

Yr masters taught you england so you could take orders from them. Since you dun give them commands so it needs not be too gd

[Niubee]

My standards of english speakering ish sibei tokong.  Knn hiah, when I the speakering english leh, everybody ish keep quiets kuai kuai listen huan.  Ish boh bey zhao huan 

U are multi talented. I know many speak Singlish and switch to Queen english when with Angmo

[EvertonDiehard]

Yr masters taught you england so you could take orders from them. Since you dun give them commands so it needs not be too gd

A deep seated sense of insecurity makes people feel threatened by someone who is more competent, so they try to undermine the more competent person to feel better about themselves.

[EvertonDiehard]

U are multi talented. I know many speak Singlish and switch to Queen english when with Angmo

Not many S'poreans are able to seamlessly shift between the informal, colloquial language of Singlish and Standard English. This linguistic flexibility is a unique characteristic of S'porean culture though few have mastered it.

[WhatDoYouThink!]

A deep seated sense of insecurity makes people feel threatened by someone who is more competent, so they try to undermine the more competent person to feel better about themselves.

Here's an example

[EvertonDiehard]

Here's an example

Ethnocide does not address your deep seated sense of insecurity. LOL!

[p1acebo]

Nice titties

[Oyk]

From all my interactions with people at various workplaces, it seems that only Singaporeans who attended university via the JC path can speak proper English. For Malaysians, I think only 10% of those who work here can speak proper English.

True.

Malaysia may have more peepur speaking better English than us because of their bigger population size. China with 1.5 billion peepur has more peepur speaking good English than both Malaysia and Singapore combined.

Anyway, what the Malaysian MP said is true.  Generally, Singaporeans don't speak English fluently....and even proficiently to begin with.  The same goes for their Mandarin btw.  I'd get irritated whenever I am asked to go over there to 还钱 when I am about to pay....it sounds like I borrowed some money and it's taim to return the money.

[cityhantam]

OMG!!!

He is not happy that Singaporeans want to crawl to bolehland to beg for jobs! 

https://m.malaysiakini.com/news/641442
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[Oyk]

Not many S'poreans are able to seamlessly shift between the informal, colloquial language of Singlish and Standard English. This linguistic flexibility is a unique characteristic of S'porean culture though few have mastered it.

First off, we don't even have a big population of Singaporeans to entrench any fooking culture here.  With 45% of the population being foreigners, any tourist coming from afar could be forgiven for taking pictures of mala stalls as "memories of the cuisine of Singaporeans".   A trip to Chinatown means more pictures, he could not read 正宗东北狗屎 on the signboard and would just assume that right, that's the food of Singaporeans.

And with the small number of Singaporeans that we have, only a small percentage can speak English (or write it) like you, SimTan, Ali Imran, aiptasia....so, how can such a small number of us even move the needle leh?

Much as I am proud of my country, I am still able to look at us in the mirror and laugh at ourselves.  And admit that it is not a uniquely Singaporean feat to switch between Singlish and standard English.  To get a good representation of "Singaporean", we should look at the majority, not the minority, and the majority can switch very well between horrible English and terrible Mandarin.  They cannot speak both languages fluently and proficiently.

[WhatDoYouThink!]

Ethnocide does not address your deep seated sense of insecurity. LOL!

Other than yr 20+yo condo and 8+yo lao poke car, what are the differences between you and yr African bros? Lol

[winbig]

True.

Malaysia may have more peepur speaking better English than us because of their bigger population size. China with 1.5 billion peepur has more peepur speaking good English than both Malaysia and Singapore combined.

Anyway, what the Malaysian MP said is true.  Generally, Singaporeans don't speak English fluently....and even proficiently to begin with.  The same goes for their Mandarin btw.  I'd get irritated whenever I am asked to go over there to 还钱 when I am about to pay....it sounds like I borrowed some money and it's taim to return the money.

Malaysians will also tell u to 还钱 not only singaporean. There's really no need to single out singaporean in this case.

[EvertonDiehard]

Other than yr 20+yo condo and 8+yo lao poke car, what are the differences between you and yr African bros? Lol

You need to seek professional help for your inferiority complex.

[cheekopekman]

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Singlish is Singapore English lah!

[WhatDoYouThink!]

You need to seek professional help for your inferiority complex.

Expensive or not?