Re: Indian FT Integration Guide
I have several Singaporean Indian friends and have encountered Indians who come to Singapore on business trips or vacation from America or Europe. They speak normally like most people, with "excuse me, please, thank you, may I, etc" interspersed in their speech. Even some of the construction or shipyard workers from Bangladesh have started using these phrases.
Have yet to encounter an "FT" from India who uses phrases like "excuse me, please, thank you, may I, etc" in Singapore. Even most of the pinoys and prcs "FTs" in Singapore use such phrases, the ah tiongs will of course say them in mandarin "qing wen or xie xie".