did any of us denied that dialects are dying in singapore. u may like mandarin and english songs but i love Sam Hui's canto songs. u like to follow the flow but i prefer to go against the flow. just because dialects group intermarried does not mean can only use mandarin as a mean of communication. my wife a hokkien, we have no problem communicating in cantonese,hokkien,english and lastly mandarin. my mom a hakka can speak cantonese,hakka,teochew,mandarin and malayu. what the problem with making a little effort to learn an extra langague?