sadly most singaporeans speak singlish and the standard of english is dropping.
@BearBear031011 ай бұрын
Only old auntie and old uncles speak Singlish lah, their self-study English and no formal English education at all.Young speak Singlish just to accommodate them. The old auntie and old uncles when they young all were Chinese education.
@Gombak-h9q11 ай бұрын
A fundamental problem is that students in Singapore tend to study for grades, rather than opening up their minds to other cultures, languages and civilizations. After they leave school, few would bother to read Shakespeare, either for profit or pleasure. It's actually quite a pity, because with more life experiences, Shakespeare actually makes even more sense and is more enjoyable, than when they first read it as teenagers in school.
@BearBear031011 ай бұрын
Dialects in English such as Malay and Hokkien in one English sentence call Singlish. Otherwise is call simple English. Most foreigner heard Singaporean speaking very simple English they will misunderstood is Singlish.
@Gombak-h9q11 ай бұрын
Mr Brown's video on KZbin provides quite decent examples of Singlish. (But of course, Mr Brown can actually speak very good English! He sings beautifully in English too!!!)
@Gombak-h9q11 ай бұрын
“没有主意的主义”, 很容易沦为 Might is Right. 其实是不合理的,不道德的,很难持久的。 小红点真的能单靠 Might 在这区域生存吗?要三思 在KZbin,有John Micklethwait 访问基辛格的视频 (Open to Debate; Intelligence Squared). [大约在视频 34:12 左右]Micklethwait 问基辛格新加坡是否可以做中国发展的楷模? 基辛格说,I don't know how comfortable it would be if there are 2 billion Singaporeans in the world. 回头是岸