[p1acebo]

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.

I have the ability to code switch

If you talk atas English to the rich but crass ah bengs and lians, they will quickly switch you off

So must also learn to eat mala hotpot, spit and swear like ah tiongs and shake head and act like a snake with ahnehs