Tumpang, teach me Singlish

**MIZU** · 17th May 2006, 21:04

haha... finally ... got kaki liao.

**Happy Camper** · 17th May 2006, 21:10

You finally have friends?

**MIZU** · 17th May 2006, 21:46

Originally Posted by Happy Camper

You finally have friends?

me? noo....... i just love singish alot..

**Happy Camper** · 17th May 2006, 22:07

LOL. Singlish is cool beans.

**MIZU** · 17th May 2006, 22:16

Originally Posted by Happy Camper

LOL. Singlish is cool beans.

yup.. cool in hot hot ko pi tiam...

**Justikanz** · 17th May 2006, 22:16

Cameron, sorry, your first name sounds like a last name to me and so I resorted to using James!

Anyway, we don't end the conversation with 'Tsao', or 'Chao'... as it means 'go' or 'run'...

**hwchoy** · 17th May 2006, 23:10

Originally Posted by BFG

Choy, maybe wrong spelling? Maybe it must be spelled as 'chao' as in 'chao keng'? 1st time I heard Tsao.

agree with you on the spelling, but since it is hokkien there's no "proper" spelling anyway. chao is no good as it is already closely associated with "stink". tsao is actually quite close in pronunciation for "run", it just isn't common. I used it in the context of it being mentioned by talkingcock.com

**valice** · 18th May 2006, 00:19

The Italian or Spanish of "see you" is ciao too?

**MIZU** · 18th May 2006, 09:52

i think run in hokkian is 'zhao'.. do correct me if i am wrong.. course i alway make mistake...

**hwchoy** · 18th May 2006, 11:04

Originally Posted by MIZU

i think run in hokkian is 'zhao'.. do correct me if i am wrong.. course i alway make mistake...

there isn't a "correct" way since the dialects are not romanised. so it depends on whether the word is pronounced in the english way or romanised way.

**Fei Miao** · 18th May 2006, 12:11

yi-pee! si beh sian using proper english everytime, can come here re-let re-let and use singlish! think lots bros feel same way also!

**Happy Camper** · 18th May 2006, 15:23

Originally Posted by Fei Miao

yi-pee! si beh sian using proper english everytime, can come here re-let re-let and use singlish! think lots bros feel same way also!

OK, will stop now. my bad

**juggler** · 18th May 2006, 15:32

James: I think the locals will find you very amusing speaking Singlish.

Steady lah...

**Happy Camper** · 18th May 2006, 16:26

Originally Posted by juggler

James: I think the locals will find you very amusing speaking Singlish.

Steady lah...

Hello juggler

Wahlau, Really meh? Can hor?

**MIZU** · 18th May 2006, 21:16

more and more kaki lai liao..

**Justikanz** · 19th May 2006, 00:21

Btw, Cameron, writing and speaking is something almost completely different hor...

When you finally decide to come and visit this small sunny island, maybe we can all meet up and hear you speak...

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**planted86** · 19th May 2006, 13:37

lol... ya lo... shiok sia so many ppl like to speak singlish here... thought ppl here anti- singlish.. lol...

**valice** · 19th May 2006, 14:05

Not anti-singlish... say so many times is anti smslish liao...

**Justikanz** · 19th May 2006, 14:18

We do not like postings in SMS lingo because it is deemed as rude. And we do not have a minimum maximum number of characters limitation... EDIT: Ok, we do have a minimum...10 characters...

Singlish is fine... As long as the non-English terms are explained for the benefit of targetted non-Singaporeans...