SINGAPOREAN VS BRITISH SLANG CHALLENGE! (FT. JADE SEAH)

[@GeorgiaCaney]

Thanks for watching guys, really enjoyed filming this with Jade! Comment and let me know YOUR favourite Singaporean & British slang words! 😁

[@RonLarhz]

TheVintageVision Pattern more than badmintom because if u ever watch a badminton match they look busy with all the pattern forehand/backhand/360/dive etc. but they are able to nail it bcos they r pros. When u say someone pattern more than badminton means they chut so many pattern(make alot of little actions) but they can do shyt. Eg. When person A (Pattern1)makes sure he/she reach earlier than boss,so boss would think tnis person is hardworker. (pattern2)person A is quite to agree whatever boss say (pattern3)person A says yes boss but make person B do the work n claim credit All these actions(pattern) when person A is just a useless snake. Eg person S boast he/she is good in this good in that(chut pattern) but when u ask person s to proof or show it he/she always find excuse. " eh you know S always pattern more than badminton one. Dun bother(with) this kind". Or "(sacarstic tone) yea lah yea lah. Your pattern more than badminton right"

[@yimengtan5921]

ho seh bo is '' how are u doing "

[@stevenyoung6780]

Jade didn't really speak Singlish! Please find someone who does!

[@Thrust80]

@@yimengtan5921 Not wrong but it can also mean in hokkien term like," Are you doing good?" "Xiao eh! Ho Se Bo?"

[@DanSurprise]

Jade don't even know the slangs herself

[@frankhardy8700]

Dan Surprise It's called being posh.

[@DanSurprise]

Mai kay kiang la Frank. 😂

[@perlivous2548]

Dan Surprise “Wah Biang...”

[@perlivous2548]

Frank Hardy “Bo Kay kiang lah, le Chao uncle

[@daphneg5712]

Yeah she's awful.

[@bryanpzw]

Hoh seh bo means “good or not?” Kind of like “how are you?” Wu yao bo means “are you sure?” Got it mixed up guys.

[@GeorgiaCaney]

Thanks for clarifying! 🙈

[@eduardoking8402]

I thought ho seh bo means is everything okay.

[@WTiDeadlyfury]

Jade Seah is those upper class girl who can only speak english . How will she know any singlish . so cringe

[@MrTakoyaki1992]

Wu yga bo**

[@letsgoletsgoletsgoletsgoletsgo]

Wu Ngya bo .... most accurate :)

[@truthseeker000000]

I'm Singaporean and I don't know 8 out of the 10 Singaporean slangs. I've never heard most of them. So you didn't fair too badly Georgia!

[@eduardoking8402]

Same here.

[@exquisitethings123]

same!!!!!

[@shootingmen]

Jade Seah cheated and used those slangs that people usually don't know. For eg, who the fk use cai instead of chio.

[@tengbernice1299]

Same

[@junjie2416]

Actually i seen more and more people using cai than chio.

[@ngchew3336]

That's not Singlish! Most of it is plain Hokkien.

[@perlivous2548]

ng chew “I’m Hokkien :/

[@devil925]

Yeah! That is so true. Definately not singlish

[@cheenangng4050]

find a Singaporean who atually knows singlish

[@ThomasNovLoh]

*english

[@vtecpreludevtec]

Chee Nang Ng ya,working class ah beng

[@ChaoticShinny]

ThomasNovLoh its called singlish not ENGLISH grammar nazi

[@ThomasNovLoh]

Corrupted InkBoy, typo error, *english.

[@ChaoticShinny]

ThomasNovLoh singlish is what our SLANG is you grammar nazi i didnt have a type its ment to spell like that are you blur as sotong? Looking into what singlish is before saying its a typo

[@Adam-tk8ql]

Pattern more than badminton came about because badminton players have alot of moves and acrobatics, so when someone has alot of excuses and tactics we compare them to that!

[@GeorgiaCaney]

Haha thanks for explaining, makes sense now!

[@karen3705]

Wow jade Seah on ur channel! But it kinda gives her away on her generation cos some of those words were from long ago:)

[@AimlessSky]

"mugging" - In Singaporean slang means; very intense studying.

[@supreme87878]

She is a Singaporean that doesnt grew up speaking dialects at home.

[@vanityvanityblack]

Steng also can use other context.. Is not steal.. More like sharing half of the item.

[@mdfauzi9335]

steng is a malay word for "setengah" means half. so basically like 50/50 with a stick.

[@maisarahbuhari6764]

root word of steng is setengah which is half in malay! :)

[@8MonkeyIsland8]

Anyone in NOC can do a better job that Jade Sean blind folded!! GOSH!!

[@yimengtan5921]

this jade is more of a ABC than Singlish speaker.

[@fi7564]

I’m a singaporean and when I heard the slangs, I was like “wut?”

[@hiotakshe]

isnt steng like share? like half half it?

[@qirinrsln]

hiotakshe yeah its from a malay word. In full words its Setengah (half) so in short Steng :)

[@hiotakshe]

More than 2 it would be rolling

[@qirinrsln]

HAHAHAHAHAAH

[@AR-ek1jr]

Steng is half of the word stengah which means half. So half of half is 1/4. And they said malays are bad at math! Hahahahaha

[@muhammadawalludin9908]

steng comes from the malay word stengah which means half. So usually people use steng when they want to share or split something. It could be the bill or food

[@kennyzeng21]

ho seh boh means are u doing well?

[@devil925]

Shld change it to Hokkien Vs British Slang. Most of it are not Singlish. Its basically just hokkien

[@lizai.5877]

Bobs your uncle fanny’s your aunt... it means ALL DONE... done rhymes with aunt... that’s where it came from....

[@anwarasw]

Not to confuse “JiaLat” (Chinese 吃力 spoken in Hokkien) meaning literally “using a lot of strength”, versus “Jelak” (Malay word) meaning “sick of it”- usually for food when it was too much, too oily or too sweet. Further not to be confused with “Jilat” (Malay word) for “lick”. One other common slang that is passé is “Go Stan” which means “go astern” - coolies who didn’t understand or speak English used it on the shores of Singapore River to help direct the sampan and ferries.

[@llyl_]

I'm singaporean and i realized i don't know most of the slangs lol

[@snova2.0]

Steng is usually used by the Malay ‘mat’ & ‘minah’ for when they are pressed for time to go-off somewhere but still need a smoke. So they share. Eg: “You steng with me can? Cab arriving soon.”

[@AR-ek1jr]

Or when the other mat/minah is broke af but still needs their daily dose of cancer. Or the other cb freeloader.

[@Taorenrox]

Great one!! looking forward to seeing u collab with more singaporean artistes/ youtubers :D

[@michaelleung1673]

I have never heard anyone use the term "Quite Cai" before.

[@satriaarjuna98]

Michael Leung Lol I only heard sibei cai or damnnn cai hahahh

[@rustypitchforks]

wow how did you get to know jade seah personally?-?

[@hawkhea7527]

same question im so curious.. how did u get to know jade?

[@GeorgiaCaney]

Haha she reached out to me and that was that really!☺️

[@hawkhea7527]

i believe u :)

[@syahf]

My fav pretty Singaporean actress Jade seah when i was in secondary school.

[@darrentan6478]

Lol. Towards the end, you will notice jade starting to speak with a British accent. Also, pattern more like Badminton - when playing Badminton, there are a lot of ways to get the shuttle across the net. Hence that term. Obviously jade don't play Badminton.

[@mixedgameart123]

"Cai" usually Taiwanese use it. But we use it in Singapore too. Hoh Seh can use it in many forms depend on the ending "Boh", "Liao" or "Loh"

[@satriaarjuna98]

"Steng" basically comes from the Malay word "setengah" which basically means half or to half. So basically Steng means to share or to half something between 2 persons ;)

[@amyrahmustafa405]

Hahaha adding on to anybody who mentioned about the word 'steng' which is a short form of 'setengah' in Malay, it doesnt have to be in the context of people smoking. It can be about splitting bills or food etc.

[@appl2597]

A lot are Hokkien or Malay phrases .... Real Singlish is something like Or-Be-Good!

[@mdkh4ikmal615]

all my life livin in sg, ive never heard the phrase “pattern more than badminton” ...sounds lame too. lol

[@icyboy771z]

usually used by sg teens

[@goddanner]

Usually used by teachers and tuition teachers targeting a evasive student when time to turn in homework :)

[@anwarasw]

This was probably from the heydays of badminton. Good players would have some acrobatic skills to save an incoming shot. Locals then transformed it to daily use describing someone who has a knack to diffuse/deflect difficult situations.

[@tuesdae666]

Some of those terms like Steng and rabs kebabs are more millennial singlish, (like YOLO, boomer, are also a newer English slangs too). Not used super widely across the population.. Like an auntie may not understand Steng but will definitely know lobang. So yeah, not so representative.

[@ernminpeck]

Pattern more than badminton, in badminton when we say 'he got a lot of pattern one' means that he has many unorthodox tricks

[@muuuaaachz1012]

As a Singaporean, I don't even know most of the Singaporean Slangs.

[@chrishenniker5944]

Wouldn’t you think being an English colony, expressions like “Bob’s your uncle” would have filtered in?

[@snapshotvideorecorder5415]

are singapore peoples originaly from China? i Hve some word...from the player online gaming? they say ''WALAO'' can you tell wht is the meaning ??

[@BlaireBustillo]

Had fun watching this. I've learned a lot. Thanks for sharing 💕👍😁

[@arthurwatts1680]

A tad unfair expecting a Gwailo to know Hokkien slang, esp when she didnt go to school in Singapore.

[@Silent俊]

JADE SEAH don't even know the singaporean hokkien. She jialat lah.. not Jilalat. hahaha..

[@Punk-yu1ix]

After watching the Singapore slangs I feel like my grammar get worse

[@JohnDoe-wx1vq]

stng = is a shorter version of setengah, which is a malay word meaning to share or split it equally. not necessarily for cigarettes only...

[@amazinggrace4933]

'Hoh seh bo' is a hokkien dialect, in English mean: 'Are you alright or ok?'

[@jonathantio7531]

More accurate would be "ok or not?"

[@aysteria4ever]

Those mostly are not even street Singlish. These are; Mati, Abis, mampos, gostang, balek, rabak, kena, tolong, semua, atas, lepak, jalan jalan, Heng ah, cockster, sian, daiji, satki, sibei, issit, chao keng, jio, thon night, jialat, neymind, steady, shagged.

[@humanshieldz]

I'm gonna have to start reading dictionary from now on lol. There's one we used to use back in the 90s, it sounds like "stun", not sure if there's an actual spelling for it but that's not what it was meant literally, it's like take something without asking. "Go stun a chalk from the next classroom" lolol

[@aurorasnows9251]

Steng come from a malay word setengah which means half. Basically like you're asking "can I have half of you cigg?" Or something like that.

[@jinish3649]

Hi Georgia. Where did you buy your shirt from?

[@FARID1870]

Jade sounds like ppl from more atas backgrounds speaking Singlish. They primarily speak English at home and can code switch more easily. As opposed to the kopishop aunty who speaks English only as a second language.

[@dakspecie89]

Steng is short for setengah (malay) which means half. To steng a stick means to share.

[@fyoungte]

steng is short form of “setengah”, meaning half. usually smokers like to steng with other smoker’s cig. like “eh steng pe?” like share the cig you are smoking. not give one stick like that...

[@hanriktan767]

Ho seh boh.. means "how are u today".. or How r you? or

[@GigaZX91]

wu nia bu is really a not, Ho seh bo is How are you feeling, good? or how are you... 1st mistake before 1:00 min

[@Ltherael]

Hosehbo literally means good or not...

[@goddanner]

Jade need to update on her singlish :X , many mis-representation of singlish and its meaning !

[@kayorzzz]

here's one, what does it mean when someone calls you a merlion or says you merlioned?

[@foom3285]

It could mean you always get sick , a Merlion gush out water like vomiting

[@dannyjohainy6450]

'STENG' originated from the malay word 'setengah' which means half. So when your friend says 'steng', means he want half lah.

[@snapshotvideorecorder5415]

wht is the diffrents THE COWEN ENGLISH AND THE SIMPLE ENGLISH??

[@yappyyap7594]

Rabs Kebabs, Steng, Cai are words I have not heard before!! I'm a 46yo Singaporean who speaks Singlish on a daily basis. Please find someone who really knows Singlish n local slang well if the topic is such. Anyway, Ho Seh Boh means "Everything going well?".

[@MrFarid1976]

Steng is setengah. Half in English. It’s means giving or someone asked for half the cigarettes you are smoking

[@Wynn15]

What? I don’t actually get more than half of the slangs. It feels so forced to add some of them in.

[@yat21]

5:18-5:20: Wow! I'm impressed! *clap-clap*

[@KashvinderMann]

I'm a local myself and I've not heard some of these slangs! Good stuff there.

[@letsgoletsgoletsgoletsgoletsgo]

My theory of Steng.. it comes from the malay word Stengah , which means half. so when i steng your ciggy, it means i smoke your stick too... ie share half. step: to act like something you're not, to be contrived eg: eh you don't step high class la. i first heard malay people used step in the 90's probably from the term step-dad /step-mom .. because its not your real dad/mom you dig ?

[@hanriktan767]

Another one in hokkien "Oon Oon jiat bee hoon" means every thing u done wif confidence n its done deal

[@RapidFire829]

wth is a pattern more than badminton? no one uses it in singapore

[@lynnng8682]

I like Jade. Would definitely like and watch if she's in the video.

[@lyne7695]

Was it awkward doing this?😂😂

[@williechua5602]

"So how" = "what's your suggest". Just a short sentence/words.

[@BlackKnight_999]

Seriously as a Singaporean.... quite a number of the terms... seems pretty weird and foreign to me....

[@crystal110698]

Isn't cai like "type". So like "you are my cai" is like "you are my cup of tea". No? I might be wrong because i don't use it. I guess "gobby" is kind of like "rowdy" then?

[@samesamebutnotsame1172]

Try English challenge with a nurse. These singlish started by those "ah beng" students in chained email. These ah being student will speak like being possessed by older Chinese educated man who never went to school before. Then sign treaty by angmo they use stamp but ah beng they fight for territory by chopping??

[@DerLostPotato]

Huh I’m a singaporean and I don’t even know half the slang jade said haha! :x

[@zen3438]

So yesterday i was going to singapore and that people say to me use the singaporean english and he say too fast so i do not know what do he mean 😂😂

[@michikovenetia4848]

I am singaporean!!! (Anot means or not) Bf: Oi! We can go cafe anot? Gf: Bf: So how? Gf: Huh? Bf: WHAT THE F*CK! Gf: Wat? Bf: Walao leh!!! Never hear me ah!?! Erlong liao... Gf: Huh.... WAT?!?!? 我 ERLONG LIAO AH?!?!?! Bf: AHAH! 你是笨蛋!!!! 不是我 Gf: XIAO AH?!?!? WE BREAK UP ALR!!!

[@samchan5120]

cai - veggy usually associate with ba - meat. like ba cai, usually to discribe women with good figure

[@joclynn]

Think invited a wrong person to explain local slang, should have invite Mark Lee lor!

[@lycan2494]

I'm born singaporean and I don't even know 90% of these singlish terms.... da hell.

[@charlesYoungbae]

Ho seh bo = literally : good form yes no? Commonly used in form of greetings as in: are doing well? Tsk....!

[@jianxiongRaven]

She appeared in some CH8 drama long ago

[@mlsinsfm]

Steng is not one but half. It’s shorten from the word setengah (Malay)

[@nuralisya02]

British: Bobs your uncle Singaporeans: na

[@ABC-ed8cg]

I’ve not even heard of ‘kebabs kebabs’ and ‘quite cai’ in my entire life. At 5:25: ‘Jialat’ is spelt wrongly. Not ‘jilalat’.

[@perlivous2548]

Hokkien:Wah Hokkien Lang, wah biang. Trans:I’m a Hokkien person... oh Brother. (Jilalat: Aiyo! Oh no! I’m sick of this!)

[@jemdude22]

Fanny means CB leh.... How can you say Fanny is your aunt? hahahaha That's like saying your aunt is a CB. LOLOLOLOL

[@GeorgiaCaney]

Fanny is also a very old fashioned English female name. A lot of our grandparents generation could be named fanny. Only decades later did the word change its meaning to a slang word for vagina lol. Not sure how that happened!

[@jemdude22]

Fanny is a more popular girl's name in Hong Kong, maybe many Hong Kongers do not know it means vagina HAHAHAHAHAHA.... LOL

[@danielwyj9353]

5:00 "jialat" the wrote JILALAT

[@sllee3575]

Interesting, nice sharing, thank you!

[@jlcdrivewayramps7343]

good video. watched it a few times. good job.

[@edmundcho821]

I am 2 years late but honestly you should have invited Mr Brown instead

[@garychowhm]

HO Sei Boh actually means "are you good?" or "how are you doing?

[@yujitsuzuki5439]

I struggled a lot of her speaking English when I was watching this video...

[@epiphadipity]

CAI?! I've never heard that before LOL

[@jubl2986]

How's that singlish when there r more hokkien than English?? "Lobang" is Malay. It's more broken Hokkien than singlish!!

[@MrKimwasabi]

I wouldn't use 'Gobby' in Australia it means something else 😂

[@aikelrahim3947]

i thought steng is share ? like half half

[@rwosee]

maybe next time we can find someone who knows more commonly used singlish,, no hate tho

[@samchan5120]

enjoy this.make me laught.keep up the gd work

[@GeorgiaCaney]

Thanks Sam! 😃

[@joshualoh8298]

I’m pretty sure I’m a singaporean but I don’t even use 90%of the time

[@shootingmen]

OMG, jade seah cheated. I'm singaporean and never heard of so many of the slangs before.