Love this. I feel quite at home in Singapore. Yet, always feel a bit like a poseur when I sprinkle in a little Singlish in hawker centers or local shops. But it’s such a lovely - almost musical - dialect.
There was a really funny set of videos talking about the code switching Singaporeans do, it was set in an office and had them alternating from singlish to very formal English when a client called. Was hilarious.
I grew up for a stint in Singapore and our family still says things like “Can la.” It’s sticky.
Love this. I feel quite at home in Singapore. Yet, always feel a bit like a poseur when I sprinkle in a little Singlish in hawker centers or local shops. But it’s such a lovely - almost musical - dialect.
There was a really funny set of videos talking about the code switching Singaporeans do, it was set in an office and had them alternating from singlish to very formal English when a client called. Was hilarious.
Malaysians have Manglish, which is very similar - they certainly have both can and lah.
I love when my sg friends say “la” too it’s very fun and catchy