tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post114632638664082185..comments2008-11-29T02:02:21.241+08:00Vani Viswanathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02192773365643395537noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-60295762751140895202008-11-29T02:02:00.000+08:002008-11-29T02:02:00.000+08:00Yeah, its not proper english, what to do once here gotta live with singlish, i got adapted to it too. was a indian before, now a singaporean. after serve 2 years ns. ok lor, time to go back - bye..RamNarayannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-86269119469067782442008-03-15T21:20:00.000+08:002008-03-15T21:20:00.000+08:00aiyar, i bochup dis f*** olledi lah. get me a cup of orleng joo leh. paiseh de u noe. 3 days i stuck wif abeng in a soopermmucket and he sthave to deh one u noe. but i smut i go steel foot de. veli plo hor?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-73818278329275145862007-10-15T17:13:00.000+08:002007-10-15T17:13:00.000+08:00Interesting! I m a chinese singaporean in Chennai and was doing a search for when I came across the site. Very paiseh after reading but shiok tat it reminds me of home laAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1158075248592554212006-09-12T23:34:00.000+08:002006-09-12T23:34:00.000+08:00Wah, chennai gal, your singlish so powderful har! Ha Ha Ha! I was doing a school project on Singlish when i chanced upon your blog. I believe you are in Chennai now. So how did you get to pick up Singlish? Just curious : )Agent Shaikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18287543307481750923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1146803909217787552006-05-05T12:38:00.000+08:002006-05-05T12:38:00.000+08:00Haha, Chennai girl- that was very funny- landed up here while I was generally browsing outside the closeknit foodblogs- I'm gonna check in here regularly :)<BR/><BR/>Cheers<BR/>NNanditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08343211073306086159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1146713191364843912006-05-04T11:26:00.000+08:002006-05-04T11:26:00.000+08:00kuttichuvaru<BR/>yeah! t-ree and wi-f....<BR/>thanks! <BR/><BR/>brado,<BR/>ah, innum avalo araichi seiyala, will let you know once i do!Vani Viswanathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02192773365643395537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1146684080838855122006-05-04T03:21:00.000+08:002006-05-04T03:21:00.000+08:00vilithal in tam is exclamation... like you say adada or haiyo etc... equivalent to the hindi arre and english hey... da is a screwed up version of adaei... was askin if lah might also have a similar root...Bharadwajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794459140786268070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1146683128679268702006-05-04T03:05:00.000+08:002006-05-04T03:05:00.000+08:00I totally agree with the 'th' thing.... I hav seen Chinese ppl here say 'sank u' instead of 'thank u'!!<BR/><BR/>nice one!!kuttichuvaruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00709711756435415246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1146639972747008522006-05-03T15:06:00.000+08:002006-05-03T15:06:00.000+08:00brado,<BR/>vilithal sorkal-a? apdina?<BR/><BR/>dante,<BR/>whoa! back after a hiatus? and such an enlightening comment that too! :)<BR/>yeah, singlish as it is i've heard being spoken mostly by the chinese and malays only...indians stick to the lah...and mike? sounds interesting!<BR/>and the mcp post...if u're gonna give me some justification as to why men do that or how women also say such things, no. anth different, mail me, coz i'm tired of having discussions there in the post!Vani Viswanathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02192773365643395537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1146624399292800122006-05-03T10:46:00.000+08:002006-05-03T10:46:00.000+08:00hmmm.... quite an interesting post based on the perspective of someone looking in .... but i guess for singaporeans, it's sorta of like second nature ..... and most of the words have either malay, tamil or hokkien backgrounds .....<BR/><BR/>makan - malay for eating<BR/>paiseh - hokkien for shameful<BR/>shiok - malay for wonderful<BR/><BR/>and how could u have left out the colourful hokkien expletives ... it's almost as common as a particular four letter word in western countries ... by the way, u gotta say "blur sotong" not just blur (sotong is malay for squid) .... <BR/><BR/>and how about the local tamil slang where every other guy is addressed as mike ... example "hey mike, eppadi lah erukka ... makkalz lah ... " .... well personally i dun speak it tat fluently other than the ocassional "mike" with my indian frens .... and there a whole lot of colourful terms u pick up in the army .... numerous to mention here .... on the whole i feel that they make boring staid ol' english much more colourful and expressive ... dun u agree ??? *grin*<BR/><BR/>(p.s. wanted to add my five cents worth on your entry about gender inequality but unfortunately was too busy with work sooo would it be too late to add anything now ?? )dantenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1146578966583557472006-05-02T22:09:00.000+08:002006-05-02T22:09:00.000+08:00I was totally surprised by this lah stuff... Got used to ra and da here (thanks to the gult and tam gumbal) but the moment someone called me lah i was like hello? Took me sometime to believe it was indeed a legit slang in s'pore... what might have been the root of such vilitthal sorkal?Bharadwajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794459140786268070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1146573318048706132006-05-02T20:35:00.000+08:002006-05-02T20:35:00.000+08:00sadagopan,<BR/>thank you!!! :)<BR/><BR/>woman,<BR/>hahaha...u laughed that much seeing this post? yeah, even malays speak this, don't they? indians i've seen just stick to lah, 'enna lah,' illa lah kinds...and hey, i don't know what kanchiong is! :(<BR/>btw, is there some name i can call u wid? it feels wierd calling someone just woman! :)<BR/><BR/>manoj,<BR/>when i write one, i shall post it...Vani Viswanathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02192773365643395537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1146537243222715932006-05-02T10:34:00.000+08:002006-05-02T10:34:00.000+08:00Don't you think its too long since you posted a kid story? :p (நேயர் விருப்பம்)Manojhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15577845485043440542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1146533982085283632006-05-02T09:39:00.000+08:002006-05-02T09:39:00.000+08:00LOL. Vani... I can't stop laughing. Okay, you know, this 'singlish' is mostly used by the chinese... esp their lah, lor, lei, hor... goodness, so darn irritating. My children are taught not to use such in their schools. When i talk to my babies, i talk like that only for the fun of it but still not encouraged. <BR/><BR/>Kiasu-ism is mostly practised by the chinese too. Indians won't 'kanchiong' in any situation. Hah, (kanchiong) :P<BR/><BR/>Makan is commonly used, it's in malay actually. <BR/><BR/>And all that you wrote here.. are spoken by the chinese. They just can't pronounce the words with "th" and "R" in them. But can't help it lah, once you in singapore and you have too many chinese friends.. you tend to speak like them hor? You know I know lah. :D<BR/><BR/>Ps: Haha, what a post! Thanks for making my tuesday morning. Hope you have a nice day.the womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464246874289536535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1146512358247155872006-05-02T03:39:00.000+08:002006-05-02T03:39:00.000+08:00Hi Vani,<BR/><BR/>Like this piece of yours and have referenced this in a post in my blog as well - you may see it here http://123suds.blogspot.com/2006/04/colorful-cultures-languages-singlish.htmlSadagopanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11643482899485027354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1146490199752158802006-05-01T21:29:00.000+08:002006-05-01T21:29:00.000+08:00mark,<BR/>>>>un naalae <BR/>ipdi padina unakku munnadiye theriala nu artham....nice-a en mela pazhi podariya? :)<BR/><BR/>jack,<BR/>:) :)Vani Viswanathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02192773365643395537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1146490103303127012006-05-01T21:28:00.000+08:002006-05-01T21:28:00.000+08:00wetfingers,<BR/>savugraki-ku etymology-a? interesting....if you get it again, make sure u forward it to me!!!<BR/><BR/>bharadwaj,<BR/>hehe..my frnd did a mini-thesis of singlish...it's been published and we're asking her to make it a booklet that can be given to all intl students here :P so maybe she'll be a better person to wiki it!Vani Viswanathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02192773365643395537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1146489950182149732006-05-01T21:25:00.000+08:002006-05-01T21:25:00.000+08:00shekys,<BR/>:O my name! $@^%^ i'm scolding you in singlish :P<BR/><BR/>rsubras,<BR/>aiyo, en thalai sutthuthu!!!Vani Viswanathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02192773365643395537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1146484877058962512006-05-01T20:01:00.000+08:002006-05-01T20:01:00.000+08:00Fascinating. I like <I>blur</I>. Might have to use it!Jack Yanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16704635393565520863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1146483746872220342006-05-01T19:42:00.000+08:002006-05-01T19:42:00.000+08:00* mark sings* chennai sentamizh marandhen un naalae .......kausikram krishnasayeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11261861583471846450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1146465542336766172006-05-01T14:39:00.000+08:002006-05-01T14:39:00.000+08:00Reminds me of the wikipedia entry on Madras Bashai... maybe you can contribute your own to wiki...Bharadwajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07794459140786268070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1146460633338047082006-05-01T13:17:00.000+08:002006-05-01T13:17:00.000+08:00this reminds me of a mail which dealt with Tamil slang etymology (like savu-cracky and kasmalam).If anyone has it jus give me a comment.Lucky you, i am a budding mechanical engineer, yeah sounds funny.Wetfingershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09411390298301088710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1146422861579841552006-05-01T02:47:00.000+08:002006-05-01T02:47:00.000+08:00e' blog updated lor. expected u atleast tomola.. Tis may not b that much shiok lah.. Just a Kiasu :D, so that u wont come wif expectations oredi la and be blur after reading<BR/><BR/>P.S : Wait, wait..... i know me ularifying...itz not exactly after seeing ur post, but after seeing some weird comments for it... Tora - Tora l oru 10 round suthina maathiri irukku.. naan solla vanthathu blog updated, see u there nu :)rsubrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10165156073792229190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1146411879132071852006-04-30T23:44:00.000+08:002006-04-30T23:44:00.000+08:00tch tch!i 4got ur name,paiseh.shekysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9371156.post-1146394669153671312006-04-30T18:57:00.000+08:002006-04-30T18:57:00.000+08:00manoj,<BR/>isn't that the most interesting thing in life? ;)<BR/><BR/>outlaw,<BR/>indha bashaiya naa daily kekaren...en nilamai? :PVani Viswanathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02192773365643395537noreply@blogger.com