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The Language Woes of a Young Singaporean

he elderly gentleman smiled at me, gesturing to my name tag with his wine glass. “Oh, you’re a Han too, like me. You should come join the Han Clan, we have trips back to Hainan Island. You speak Hainanese?” “No, I don...
by Kirsten Han
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Singlish

It’s Singlish lah!

Visit Singapore, and one of the things you will be struck by – apart from the skyscrapers – is the way the locals speak. It sounds like English, but wait… is it? Singlish – Singapore’s English (but not just En...
by Kirsten Han
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