Woo... that's equally bad. White man faking ghetto speak going "yo yo yo" and swinging their arms like a white gorilla
I hate rap and ghetto culture.
Woo... that's equally bad. White man faking ghetto speak going "yo yo yo" and swinging their arms like a white gorilla
Singapore is all about class. The local girls speak with a pseudo foreign accent to portray a certain class. ie. It is classy to speak with an accent as it is an indication that
- you are foreign educated
- you are born foreign
- you return from overseas
- you have a better command of english
- you are classier
Haha, just having some light hearted fun at the expense of these local gals. Why do they wanna sound like an ang-mo when everyone can tell their accent is fake one?
I have observed two main types:
1. She speaks to me in the ang-mo accent (i cant tell whether american, aussie or what) when we just met. But after half-hour or so of chit chatting, slowly slowly the accent is gone and she's back to normal. Maybe the act was too much of an effort to put up for me! hahaha
2. Another type will be talking with her local friends in our typical singlish, but as soon as an ang-mo approaches them, that silly accent will come back.
Haha Girls! Speak normally la. The ang-mos will be even more attracted to you, if thats what you wanted. Keke
Yeah but you have to behave "classier" in classy places, I just encountered a stupid local girl wearing oversized sunglasses at a Shell Pretrol station in Tampines HDB heartland, she walked into the service area and spoke in English with a pseudo accent to the local aunty asked for the keys to the "bathroom", I snidely remarked, that "there are no bathrooms here, only toilets", she must have had her ego deflated. Stupid girl.
Yeah but you have to behave "classier" in classy places, I just encountered a stupid local girl wearing oversized sunglasses at a Shell Pretrol station in Tampines HDB heartland, she walked into the service area and spoke in English with a pseudo accent to the local aunty asked for the keys to the "bathroom", I snidely remarked, that "there are no bathrooms here, only toilets", she must have had her ego deflated. Stupid girl.
hahaha. I guess it's about adapting to what the environment or sitaution calls for. some people like your stupid girl here obviously think a one-size-fits-all approach is the way. but having said that, in fairness, when angmohs go out of their home country, they do not bother to change their accents too. an american in london still speaks with his american accent, as does an englishman in new york!
Good spoken english and accents (real or copy) are 2 different things. A put on accent irks everybody, and merely covers up one's inadequacies. Even risking tripping over, to impress kwei lohs.:p..whether spoken with Ang Moh accent or not, bad English will always remain bad English. ...When speaking with Ang Mohs, just drop the Singlish.. they'll understand you perfectly. Faking an accent just proves to show you're a cultural desert with no pride in your race or nationality.
Actually most ppl wun bother to change. Like a jamaican won't change his accent when he is in london. In fact white ppl there might even want to speak like him. In fact only sinkees want to change their accents.
Yet for some it is cause of the teasing by ang mohs. Notice how they only tease those people namely chinese or asians who speak english. They dun bother to tease say an englishman and even if they do its not that offensive.
true, i've come across at least one ang moh who thinks singlish is a joke, and i don't blame him for thinking that way. but then again, americans do poke fun at the brits for their posh accents too, as do the aussies ('poms').
but hey i still feel english is best spoken by the english - they articulate their words well and do not rush through their speech. if there is any foreign accent worth imitating, it's those from the southern parts of england i suppose.
but hey i still feel english is best spoken by the english - they articulate their words well and do not rush through their speech. if there is any foreign accent worth imitating, it's those from the southern parts of england i suppose.
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Haha, just having some light hearted fun at the expense of these local gals. Why do they wanna sound like an ang-mo when everyone can tell their accent is fake one?
I have observed two main types:
1. She speaks to me in the ang-mo accent (i cant tell whether american, aussie or what) when we just met. But after half-hour or so of chit chatting, slowly slowly the accent is gone and she's back to normal. Maybe the act was too much of an effort to put up for me! hahaha
But sooner than you can say fish (or sam?), their true blue linguistic skills come out in open. :p Why can't we just be ourselves? Can you imagine moans or groans (fake or real) with pseudo accents? That is not to say, we not brush up on our oral (err, language wise) proficiencySometimes these girls just want to impress their boyfriends, family
Yeah but you have to behave "classier" in classy places, I just encountered a stupid local girl wearing oversized sunglasses at a Shell Pretrol station in Tampines HDB heartland, she walked into the service area and spoke in English with a pseudo accent to the local aunty asked for the keys to the "bathroom", I snidely remarked, that "there are no bathrooms here, only toilets", she must have had her ego deflated. Stupid girl.