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goodboy

25-10-2024, 07:49 AM
Which one is better?

UNKER is how old?

DA GE is how old?

winbig

25-10-2024, 07:51 AM
(25-10-2024, 07:49 AM)goodboy Wrote: [ -> ]Which one is better?

UNKER is how old?

DA GE is how old?

They call u uncle when u look much older than them. Called u da ge when u look about their age.

Clyde

25-10-2024, 08:01 AM
Only Singaporean address others as uncle, regardless of the age of that person, The Chinese usually address others as Da Ge, Da Jie which is more respectable to the other person. I used to hear my grandma addressing others as Da Ge too.

EvertonDiehard

25-10-2024, 09:27 AM
(25-10-2024, 07:49 AM)goodboy Wrote: [ -> ]Which one is better? UNKER is how old? DA GE is how old?

During my undergrad days at NUS, the lady manning the drinks stall used to call me "uncle" when she looked older than my mother. My friends said it is a term of endearment. 

pinkpanther

25-10-2024, 09:30 AM
(25-10-2024, 09:27 AM)EvertonDiehard Wrote: [ -> ]During my undergrad days at NUS, the lady manning the drinks stall used to call me "uncle" when she looked older than my mother. My friends said it is a term of endearment. 

Better to be referred as an uncle than an auntie tiok boh!

cheekopekman

25-10-2024, 09:50 AM
(25-10-2024, 08:01 AM)Clyde Wrote: [ -> ]Only Singaporean address others as uncle, regardless of the age of that person,  The  Chinese  usually address others as Da Ge, Da Jie which is more respectable to the other person. I used to hear my grandma addressing others as Da Ge too.

You're right lah! Big Grin Only China people called me Da Ge Big Brother lah! Uncle sounds better lah!

Clyde

25-10-2024, 09:54 AM
(25-10-2024, 09:50 AM)cheekopekman Wrote: [ -> ]You're right lah! Big Grin Only China people called me Da Ge Big Brother lah! Uncle sounds better lah!

It should be fine for you is you are older than the caller.

Niubee

25-10-2024, 09:54 AM
They always call me Shuai Ge.

EvertonDiehard

25-10-2024, 09:56 AM
(25-10-2024, 09:30 AM)pinkpanther Wrote: [ -> ]Better to be referred as an uncle than an auntie tiok boh!

In the case of some Thai girls, it is really hard to tell.

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grotesqueness

25-10-2024, 10:11 AM
(25-10-2024, 09:54 AM)Niubee Wrote: [ -> ]They always call me Shuai Ge.

No Leh
i heard them called you Lau Gou

EvertonDiehard

25-10-2024, 10:14 AM
(25-10-2024, 09:54 AM)Niubee Wrote: [ -> ]They always call me Shuai Ge.

Who calls you "Shuai Ge"?
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Niubee

25-10-2024, 10:22 AM
(25-10-2024, 10:11 AM)grotesqueness Wrote: [ -> ]No Leh
i heard them called you Lau Gou

I can see the jealousy in u. Normal lah Laughing

Niubee

25-10-2024, 10:23 AM
(25-10-2024, 10:14 AM)EvertonDiehard Wrote: [ -> ]Who calls you "Shuai Ge"?
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Retail aunt uncles. Ask me for tips for Bao yang.

pinkpanther

25-10-2024, 10:25 AM
(25-10-2024, 10:23 AM)Niubee Wrote: [ -> ]Retail aunt uncles. Ask me for tips for Bao yang.

保养 or 包养  Big Grin

Niubee

25-10-2024, 10:26 AM
(25-10-2024, 10:25 AM)pinkpanther Wrote: [ -> ]保养 or 包养  Big Grin

Up to them lah. I am democratic Laughing

Huliwang

25-10-2024, 10:31 AM
Depends where and who service you lah. If pinoy they always call Sir. In nightclubs and spa, they often use lao pan or boss.  What if an air stewardess addresses you as uncle ?  : Big Grin

EvertonDiehard

25-10-2024, 10:37 AM
(25-10-2024, 10:23 AM)Niubee Wrote: [ -> ]Retail aunt uncles. Ask me for tips for Bao yang.
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EvertonDiehard

25-10-2024, 10:40 AM
(25-10-2024, 10:31 AM)Huliwang Wrote: [ -> ]Depends where and who service you lah. If pinoy they always call Sir. In nightclubs and spa, they often use lao pan or boss.  What if an air stewardess addresses you as uncle? 

I will ask the air stewardess when I married her auntie?

Niubee

25-10-2024, 10:45 AM
(25-10-2024, 10:31 AM)Huliwang Wrote: [ -> ]Depends where and who service you lah. If pinoy they always call Sir. In nightclubs and spa, they often use lao pan or boss.  What if an air stewardess addresses you as uncle ?  : Big Grin

Ignore her until she uncomfortable. Then will back off or talk right

EvertonDiehard

25-10-2024, 10:58 AM
(25-10-2024, 10:45 AM)Niubee Wrote: [ -> ]Ignore her until she uncomfortable. Then will back off or talk right

Certain flight attendants simply cannot be ignored.

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[[ForeverAlone]]

25-10-2024, 11:53 AM
for me never, they call me Handsome or boss.

EvertonDiehard

25-10-2024, 11:54 AM
(25-10-2024, 11:53 AM)[[ForeverAlone]] Wrote: [ -> ]for me never, they call me Handsome or boss.

They were trying to be honest.

WhatDoYouThink!

25-10-2024, 02:40 PM
(25-10-2024, 09:27 AM)EvertonDiehard Wrote: [ -> ]During my undergrad days at NUS, the lady manning the drinks stall used to call me "uncle" when she looked older than my mother. My friends said it is a term of endearment. 

Do you hv the “old man’s” look? A classmate in sec sch was 100% botak, several were full of grey hairs, some faces were full of wrinkles. Likely due to genes

sogo

25-10-2024, 02:59 PM
https://youtu.be/NwMoqieb0X8?si=ESlmYj0dxip73Yra

EvertonDiehard

25-10-2024, 03:05 PM
(25-10-2024, 02:40 PM)WhatDoYouThink! Wrote: [ -> ]Do you hv the “old man’s” look? A classmate in sec sch was 100% botak, several were full of grey hairs, some faces were full of wrinkles. Likely due to genes

I have been blessed with good genes by God's grace. I still have a full head of hair in my mid-50s which is mostly black. Like I mentioned earlier, the woman operating the drinks stall at NUS uses it as a term of endearment when she calls undergrads "uncle". 
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