Bobo see this when she on the internet...
WA SAY Bobo think.. just tell them what words you like ah then can win tickets to UK leh! Steady! Click on the image to do the survey ASAP! Sorry ah for Sing-A-PO-reans only.______________________________________________________
That aside, Bobo started to surf the internet for information on Singlish... and saw the Wikipedia page on Singlish...
"Singlish is an English-based creole language native to Singapore. It is the first language of many younger Singaporeans, especially those whose parents do not share a native language or dialect, and is the second language of nearly all the rest of the country's residents. .... Singlish shares substantial linguistic similarities with Malaysian English (Manglish) in Malaysia, although distinctions can be made, particularly in vocabulary. Manglish generally now receives more Malay influence and Singlish more Chinese (Mandarin, Hokkien etc.) influence. ....
In general:
- The unvoiced stops and affricate—/p/ pat, /t/ tin, /k/ come, /tʃ/ chin—are sometimes unaspirated, especially among Malay Singaporeans. (Aspiration refers to the strong puff of air that may accompany the release of these stop consonants.) In other varieties of English, these phonemes are usually aspirated, especially at the beginning of a word. The general effect of this is that, the Singlish pronunciation of pat, tin and come may sometimes seem closer to bat, din, and gum than other varieties of English.
- The voiced fricatives—/v/ very, /z/ zero, /ʒ/ vision—are unstable at the basilectal level, and may be substituted with other phonemes, e.g. bery for very, gero for zero. (This is much rarer outside the basilectal level.) In syllable-final positions they merge with their unvoiced counterparts—see point 6 below.
Singlish is topic-prominent, like Chinese and Japanese. This means that Singlish sentences often begin with a topic (or a known reference of the conversation), followed by a comment (or new information). Compared to other varieties of English, the semantic relationship between topic and comment is not important; moreover, nouns, verbs, adverbs, and even entire subject-verb-object phrases can all serve as the topic:
- Dis country weather very hot, one. — In this country, the weather is very warm.
- Dat person there cannot trust. — That person over there is not trustworthy.
- Tomorrow doh need bring camera. — You don't need to bring a camera tomorrow.
- He play soccer also very good one leh. — He's very good at playing soccer too."
As all Singaporeans would know... this is damn CHIM!
The speakers of the language probably can't even tell you the PHONOLOGY and ORIGINS of Singlish. Grammar? You mean grammar exists in Singlish?? To read about the language she speaks everyday was the highlight of Bobo's blue Wednesday.
The second thing which brightened up Bobo's day a little was the Lingo Bingo test from STOMP.
Well, tests actually.
If you can't see it, BOBO scored 75 out of 75! :)In fact, she did the same for all 10 tests!
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Just a little sidetrack. Bobo's Lunch.
This delicious dish consists of1) Rice - left over from yesterday's dinner
2) Fried shallots
3) Kiam Cai - Salted vegetables from a can.
YUMMY!
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Nicole Richie lost weight. I really mean LOST... like gone... like KaPish... She's reported to be pregnant. Don't you think she looks like Callista Flockhart now?
Bobo thinks she's absolutely scary this way. She could literally be blown away by the wind.
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Last but not least...
Nicole Richie lost weight. I really mean LOST... like gone... like KaPish... She's reported to be pregnant. Don't you think she looks like Callista Flockhart now?Bobo thinks she's absolutely scary this way. She could literally be blown away by the wind.
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