"SINGLISH HAS A PLACE IN SINGAPORE SOCIETY"
(do you agree or disagree, needless to ask)
righht. and somehow the righteous PAP MP in me rose to the occasion and joined the CONs. quote quote: "LIKE, EW" (from kim) LIKE.
WTF. (world-trade federation, remember!) i thought the motion was like
"Oh. English or Singlish. Which is like, better?"
so i happily jumped to the "pro-english" side (FOR FUN). and i didnt know that we are supposed to be ANTI-SINGLISH. not.... DISCOURAGING SINGLISH. but. er. whatsthatwordagainAH. er. ANTI-SINGLISH (that will just have to do, i guess)
(not surprisingly, 3/4 of the class went ZOOM to SINGLISH!)
so here is what happened in our group after we discovered the TRUE MOTION.
well. firstly there was alot of commotion and redundant comments. haha. (most of the redundant comments came from oce. and me. but thats besides the point.)
then, "WHAT? WE ARE ANTI-SINGLISH!"
"BUT MISS CHIA MISS CHIA! WE DONT BELIEVE IN OUR MOTION!"
"WE ALL DONT AGREE WITH OUR STAND!"
"MISS CHIA MISS CHIA!? CAN WE CHANGE THE MOTION?"
right up at this point, Miss Chia looked positively APPALLED. and did her chipmunk-psychosmile imitation again and was like, "What? No!"
ok. yeah. so we can make the most of it!
Quotequote "It's a CHALLENGE." -zhener.
yay challenge! and nono. apparently we dont want the "English is the lingua franca of international commerce" rubbish (which i have repeated so many times today)
we want a Quotequote again "Fresh! New! Scope!" -zhener. again.
so okay. now im going to wikipedia. and ZOMG (which i dont get what this means... Zzz Oh my gosh? like you just woke up or something?), their article on singlish is AMAZING. like. WOAH. i never knew singlish could be analysed until
liddat one.
funny extracts from talkingcock.com:
BECAUSE THE SKY IS SO HIGH, THE BIRD SHIT IN YOUR EYE
This phrase is essentially an annoyed retort to being asked "why", and conveys the meaning that the questioner ought to mind his or her own business. Popular in the mid-70's, its usage began to decline in the early 80's and is rarely heard these days.
Sally: " Eh, Jasmine, how come I never see you with Roger anymore?"
Jasmine: " We oreddy break up, lah!"
Sally: " Why?"
Jasmine: " Because the sky is so high, the bird shit in your eye!"
CONFIRM PLUS GUARANTEE/CONFIRM PLUS GUARANTEE TIMES 2, WITH 3 YEAR WARRANTY Variations of Confirm and Guarantee."Oi, you returning that VCD or not?""Aiyah, of course lah! Confirm plus guarantee times 2, with 3-year warranty!"
SHOW HALF BALL
To describe a girl who is revealing substantial cleavage.
"Check out Ah Lian today, man. Her dress is so low cut, she show half ball."
like, haha. these are hilarious. i didnt even know they existed! HAHAX.
and the entries for "Z" are THE BOMBS. (IS the bomb, actually.)
Z
There are currently no Z entries because in Singlish, Z can always be replaced by 'J', so, 'Zoe' becomes 'Joe', 'Zebra' becomes 'Jibra' and 'Zero', 'Jilo'.
yay. LOVE SINGLISH
NO. i must psycho myself to prepare for thursday.
ANTI-SINGLISH is IN.