20 Simple English Words That Singaporeans Are Still Butchering And How To Get Them Right

[Hypocrite-The]

Singaporeans pronounce just about EVERY single word wrong.

How about Flour? Flar instead of flower.

And "plain" is pronounced "plen", "fainted" becomes "fented" etc.

Then there's all that convoluted grammar eg "Guess how old she is?" becomes "Guess how old is she?"

And last but not least the usual inability to distinguish nouns from verbs eg "advice" and "advise" etc.

Oh and "lose" vs "loose" is almost always wrong.

Three pronounced as tree
Thor pronounced as Tor
Clemenceau.. should be clemenshaw
What are you talking about =Wat talking u?

 

[steffychun]

Can LHL speak good English?

 

[ToaPehGong]

KNNCCBHGG... first ask any ang moh kantang decipher what it means then pronounce it properly

 

[maxxi]

Correct usage of BUILT and Build!.

 

[mojito]

No lah. You are not typical sinkie. You are better than that. Dont lump yourself with those losers.

Hey who u call losers? Born poor and ignorant also my fault?

 

[mojito]

Sinkies can't pronounce the eighth letter of the English alphabet.

Heck, Sinkies couldn't define what either a letter or an alphabet are!

Rhyme with cabbage is it? What so hard?

 

[nayr69sg]

Hey who u call losers? Born poor and ignorant also my fault?

I never said you are a loser. If you identify with them then that's your own assessment.

Are you a typical sinkie?

 

[winnipegjets]

Guilty as charged but we are sinkees. So, we speak Singlish and pronounce Singlish. Nothing wrong mah. Proud Sinkee! SINKapore First!