most based language, used in Singapore and similiar to Manglish
contains words from different dialects of Chinese, Malay, Tamil, and corruptions of english
scares away foreigners but funny if you can speak it
guy: ahh them ang mo punks si bie jia lat leh, try corrupt our gahment one
ang mo: wat's this, singlish?
Itβs the native language in Singaporeβ¦ Apparently.
A colloquial dialect that is somewhat similar to Manglish (A colloquial dialect in Malaysia) and is just as intimidating to those who are not familiar with this form of dialogue. Contrary to popular belief, people who converse in singlish are not retarded. It is just an articulated form of the βcultureβ being expressed through incoherent speech.
It goes something like this:
βWhat lah β (insert a bunch of made up words that make you go βWTFβ here) β Mee Siam.β
The government had a huge hoo-hah concerning the liberal usage of this language some years back. This was clear evidence that the government had way to much free time on their handsβ¦Wayy β too β much β free β time!
Prime minister of Singapore addressing to the nation: βIβve had enough of this popcockery! Singlish must goβ¦ Now!β
Singaporeans: βawwwww β¦buggermaquilt.β
1. When you type the Sinhala language (spoken by Sinhalese in Sri Lanka) using English alphabet.
2. When you use English words in Sinhala grammatical structure in an attempt be posh.
1. "Adoo Singlish walin type karnna epa, Unicode walin gahapn" - Bro, Don't type in Singlish. Use Unicode.
2. "Mama yesterday beautiful puppy patiyekwa dakka anaa, So cute anaa!" - I saw a beautiful puppy yesterday, He was so cute.
Singaporean-accented English.
Basically, English used by a tiny Asian nation nobody knows until it sounds so Asian you don't understand it; even though the people there are much much smarter than you.
Derived from British, Chinese, Malay, Indonesian, Indian, and Arabic words amongst others.
- "lah" the most famous and common example. Randomly added before commas and periods for no apparent reason.
"ken you help me wit fix car, lah?"
"yah lah/no lah!"
"you wan go die lah?"
"why ken not get A prus prus in skool no lah?!"
- "leh" an informal way of saying 'please' or complaining
"gimme soy sauce leh"
"las night, I driving on PIE and dis lorry driver near crash me leh!"
"wai you say 6Γ·2(1+2) = 1 mah?? you so stupid leh"
- "lor" - from Cantonese, used to emphasize a point
"you not study, then you go die lor!!!"
" how come I ask you call me wai you not call me leh?!"
- "meh" used like a question mark
"really meh? you got fired from job?"
- "sia/siao" - used in expressing disapproval, siao = more crude, 'crazy'
"dat lady look at me so crazy sia"
"waah! you get new toyota sia!"
"siao lah! you go and die you kena sai!"
-----
- "izzit" from 'is it', but slurred
"dis disc, play well izzit?"
- "got" used as a questionable demand
"I ask you to get me the stuff; got or not lah?"
"why you got chewing gum! chewing gum ban in singapore!"
"50% off!? WHERE GOT!!?"?
-"can" asking whether one is able to do something
"yah, I fix by tomorrow, can, can!"
- "-ed" allows any word to be made into a verb in Singlish
"the cat dieded when hit by car"
" wah, las night he try kis da girl, I saw him get smacked-ed!" (pronounced smackd-id)
"he orredy writed da check! go bank cash now!"