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To all Ah Hias ; can help to contribute our oLd street names in Dialect here ?..
- Thread starter Fishypie
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This one is lesser known and in Cantonese. It's call sei yan gai (dead man street). Should be one of the street in chinatown, either pagoda, smith or pagoda street. Anyone know?
Wah lan eh. Street name lah not food name leh.
where the heck is cattle car creek gu chia jui? i used to think it's by rochor canal.
Tua pek Kong= Kim Keat road kau Lau= Jalan Tenteram, Ah Bak Kwai = Arab street, Hylam zhi kwai= Hylam street ?. Sa lau Chu= is now Whampoo?
Si yen kai (people die street) sagosa street? China town, tai mum lai ( big door lane?) = club st, ong keh swa ka ( king house mountain leg)= hill st
Si yen kai (people die street) sagosa street? China town, tai mum lai ( big door lane?) = club st, ong keh swa ka ( king house mountain leg)= hill st
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Cow car Water road= kreta ayer road
This is a good thread but there should be a distinction between formal and colloquial names, e.g. between Smith Street and Hei Yun Gai (戏院街）, and between the pinyinised pronunciation and the original, e.g. 竹脚 being pronounced as Zhujiao (easily mistaken for pig's leg) and Tekka.
Also, places like Bukit Ho Swee had as many Cantonese as they had other dialects and was referred to more frequently as Ho Sui San than Ho Jui Sua.
Also, places like Bukit Ho Swee had as many Cantonese as they had other dialects and was referred to more frequently as Ho Sui San than Ho Jui Sua.
Poh lay long (glass factory) - arounf henderson road
ABC (abc stout factory) - near bukit merah safra
Ever took taxi and used the above informal names and driver look at you?
ABC (abc stout factory) - near bukit merah safra
Ever took taxi and used the above informal names and driver look at you?
Hey, I'm an Or Keo Tau boy also, may have crossed path before.........
My wish is to compiLe a List of them; so that i can make them into a side-topic of discussion whenever i am at gatherings with foLks or friends or even kids ; reLiving part of our interesting history with them; and i thought knowing street names' in DiaLects is reaL cooL !
Older taxi drivers are the best bet to begin with; i have spoken to many over the years and some
answers on the origins of these names can be quite amazing..
i was brought up in Or Keo tau ; crossed over to Si Ka Teng ; upgraded to Ho Chwee Sua ; moved
to Siong Lim Pang Long with my then gf; where we do marketings at Ang Sa Li ..sounds intriguing right ?. . hope ah hias' here can contribute to this little project of mine in compiling them ~..
Kum siah kok wee ae chi chee !
hi there
1. bro, may i recommend our ah ram, the humsum bro here.
2. i bet on it.
3. he is in the betterer capacity to assist you in your search.
both correct I think......old havelock is more the end with the temple which is technically or kio tao neighbourhood. Or kio tau I think more associated with the Beo Crescent end or havelock road
how about qit ko (7 mile - at Bukit timah Ngee Ann Poly) and zaap ko (10 Mile which is Bukit Panjang)
hi there
1. bro, the street in question is sago lane.
2. yes, i know it too well.
3. my hk grandparents had some properties there.
thanks! need to revisit on the next stop in sg.
Re: I Live Near There
Yes and Tanglin Halt zhup lao...zhup xi lao r where de old rov where we go take highway code n driving test...b4 Mac ish KFC...n b4 KFC think dey use 2 call it japanese garden iirc...few shops selling ele. appliances there...
Yes and Tanglin Halt zhup lao...zhup xi lao r where de old rov where we go take highway code n driving test...b4 Mac ish KFC...n b4 KFC think dey use 2 call it japanese garden iirc...few shops selling ele. appliances there...
Chai Thng Kway (菜堂街) = Tembeling Road
Bata = Eunos Road
Bata = Eunos Road
See, only a moron will fall into my trap and angry about it, smart one will know and correct me, LOL
