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[h=2]Signs in Tagalog begin to appear in Singapore[/h]
July 9th, 2012 |
Author: Editorial
(Photo Stomp)
As more foreigners flood into Singapore, even signs in foreign languages are beginning to appear in Singapore scenes.
In this particular photo of an ‘Out of Order’ sign captured by a netizen and reported by STOMP, it was written in 4 languages: English, Mandarin, Malay and Tagalog.
It is not known how Tamil, which is one of our 4 official languages stated in the Constitution of Singapore, gets replaced by Tagalog.
The netizen said, “I spotted this sign while waiting for the lift at Plaza Singapura basement two yesterday (July 8), at about 8.30pm.”
Indeed, the sentence ‘labag sa tuntunin’ is in Tagalog. When entered into Google Translate, it does translate to mean ‘out of order’.
The netizen added, “What was surprising was that instead of Tamil, it was written in Tagalog.”
“Even the Malay translation was missing an alphabet.”
At the current rate of foreign influx into Singapore, it would be a matter of time when our Constitution will have to be amended to include other foreign languages as our official languages too.
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As more foreigners flood into Singapore, even signs in foreign languages are beginning to appear in Singapore scenes.
In this particular photo of an ‘Out of Order’ sign captured by a netizen and reported by STOMP, it was written in 4 languages: English, Mandarin, Malay and Tagalog.
It is not known how Tamil, which is one of our 4 official languages stated in the Constitution of Singapore, gets replaced by Tagalog.
The netizen said, “I spotted this sign while waiting for the lift at Plaza Singapura basement two yesterday (July 8), at about 8.30pm.”
Indeed, the sentence ‘labag sa tuntunin’ is in Tagalog. When entered into Google Translate, it does translate to mean ‘out of order’.
The netizen added, “What was surprising was that instead of Tamil, it was written in Tagalog.”
“Even the Malay translation was missing an alphabet.”
At the current rate of foreign influx into Singapore, it would be a matter of time when our Constitution will have to be amended to include other foreign languages as our official languages too.
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