23-04-2024, 11:45 AM
(23-04-2024, 11:10 AM)EvertonDiehard Wrote: If Singlish continues to be thoughtlessly acquired, it will be saved in the long term memory of our fellow S'poreans and SG Talkers as an acceptable form of English. Our ability to speak Standard English suffers when we spend too much time interacting with others who speak/write a sub-standard form of the language, since we naturally tend to adopt the speech/writing that is heard/seen most of the time around us.
This is rubbish. You look at china, kimchi and sushi first before drawing that conclusion