arigato .

[drifter]

i wonder why many singaporean seldom say thankyou for little things your partner do for you , do for example , he /she help you pick up your things when drop he/she drop , fetch he / she from work ...ect .

 

[Alamaking]

i wonder why many singaporean seldom say thankyou for little things your partner do for you , do for example , he /she help you pick up your things when drop he/she drop , fetch he / she from work ...ect .

I have a habit of telling a taxi driver :"Uncle, XXXX please", when he give back my changes, I will said :"thank you, uncle"

 

[po2wq]

I have a habit of telling a taxi driver :"Uncle, XXXX please", when he give back my changes, I will said :"thank you, uncle"

ur uncle a taxi driver? ...

 

[drifter]

I have a habit of telling a taxi driver :"Uncle, XXXX please", when he give back my changes, I will said :"thank you, uncle"

thats very good bro..keep it up . but did your gf thank you for all the little things you have done for her ? and what about you ? do you thank her for all the little things she did for you ?

 

[Jlokta]

thats very good bro..keep it up . but did your gf thank you for all the little things you have done for her ? and what about you ? do you thank her for all the little things she did for you ?

its normally easier for us to thank strangers than people close to us.

 

[drifter]

its normally easier for us to thank strangers than people close to us.

spot on ...thats why i started this thread .

 

[Agoraphobic]

i wonder why many singaporean seldom say thankyou for little things your partner do for you , do for example , he /she help you pick up your things when drop he/she drop , fetch he / she from work ...ect .

Maybe it's got something to do with what the Old Man called "Asian Values" some years back.

Cheers!

 

[Muthukali]

Arigato drifter for starting this arigato thread.

 

[Ramseth]

Japanese has very courteous terms. Arigato, arigato gozaimasu, domo, domo arigato, domo arigato gozaimasu, gokurosamdeshita, zannennagara etc.

Singlish has two main terms, thank you or fuck you. Fuck you is way more popular in common usage here.

 

[Agoraphobic]

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Singlish has two main terms, thank you or fuck you. Fuck you is way more popular in common usage here.

Of the two, Thank You is used by cissies. Fuck You is also much more assertive.

Cheers!

 

[kiss]

Japanese has very courteous terms. Arigato, arigato gozaimasu, domo, domo arigato, domo arigato gozaimasu, gokurosamdeshita, zannennagara etc.

Singlish has two main terms, thank you or fuck you. Fuck you is way more popular in common usage here.

Yr jepunese quite gee lat... leh

 

[Ramseth]

Of the two, Thank You is used by cissies. Fuck You is also much more assertive.

Fuck you is very versatile here in Singlish. For example, after a meal and round of drinks with friends, you can say "fuck you lah, I pay first, next time then you pay" or "fuck you lah, you pay first, next time then I pay" or even "fuck you lah, we all split the bill." Three-cornered fuck! Cheers!

Yr jepunese quite gee lat... leh

You want me to say thank you or fuck you for your compliment? Just kidding. Drifter is the Shogun here. I'm just a Ninja, not even Samurai.

 

[jw5]

i wonder why many singaporean seldom say thankyou for little things your partner do for you , do for example , he /she help you pick up your things when drop he/she drop , fetch he / she from work ...ect .

Not only partner, but anyone in SG.
Very rare to hear thankyou from anyone not in the retail or service line.
Even in this forum, not many forummers say thank you.
Got one veteran forummer, nearly 10 years arready, never seen him post a "thank you for your adviCe/support/help" or
for that matter even a "sorry for my mistake/misunderstanding".
The clue is his nickname start with g and also end with g.

 

[erection2015]

gongsamleong ?

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Even in this forum, not many forummers say thank you.
Got one veteran forummer, nearly 10 years arready, never seen him post a "thank you for your adviCe/support/help" or
for that matter even a "sorry for my mistake/misunderstanding".
The clue is his nickname start with g and also end with g.

 

[Ramseth]

Goh Meng Seng, the only one I can think off who can't take advice and can't spell sorry or apology.

 

[drifter]

Maybe it's got something to do with what the Old Man called "Asian Values" some years back.

Cheers!

asian values ? what kind of asian values ?

 

[Ramseth]

asian values ? what kind of asian values ?

That's a conjob by LKY. There's no such thing. Another conjob by CNA is Asian perspective. There's no such thing too.

 

[drifter]

Japanese has very courteous terms. Arigato, arigato gozaimasu, domo, domo arigato, domo arigato gozaimasu, gokurosamdeshita, zannennagara etc.

Singlish has two main terms, thank you or fuck you. Fuck you is way more popular in common usage here.

ah ram this thread is not to teach how to use words

 

[Agoraphobic]

asian values ? what kind of asian values ?

That's exactly what I was asking when this theme was being trumpeted by the Straits Mimes. The Old Man tried to make it out that Filial Piety was uniquely "Asian" and didn't exist in other societies, but that is so far from the truth, which is, in every society, you get a mixed bunch of nuts, some are like this, others are not, whether Asian, European, African, American. Trouble is when the old man says so, nobody, including the cock-sucking editor of the official newspaper dares say anything against it.

I would apply this same argument to your thread's title though, some Singaporeans will say thank you as appreciation, while some others may be oblivious. Meself, I might say "What took ya so long!!!"

Cheers!

 

[drifter]

Not only partner, but anyone in SG.
Very rare to hear thankyou from anyone not in the retail or service line.
Even in this forum, not many forummers say thank you.
Got one veteran forummer, nearly 10 years arready, never seen him post a "thank you for your adviCe/support/help" or
for that matter even a "sorry for my mistake/misunderstanding".
The clue is his nickname start with g and also end with g.

bro , thats why i cant understand why many singaporean dont use the word like please , thankyou, sorry ..ect . is it so hard to say it ?