Guess the Speak Good English campaign in Singapore didn't work for some of us, going by the things we hear!
English: really
Singlish: lili
"Wah, you lily can sing well ah."
English: very
Singlish: valley
"My belt valley nice hor?"
English: gorgeous
Singlish: gorges
"Wah! Your girlfriend valley gorges leh."
English: bitch
Singlish: beach
"That An Lian is lily a beach. She shout at me you know."
English: quarrel
Singlish: coral
'You not happy ah? Want to coral is it?"
English: with
Singlish: reef
"You lily want to coral reef me ah?"
English: damn
Singlish: dam
"Dam it, call her go eat, she dun wan."
English: attitude
Singlish: altitude:
"That Ah Lian got a bad altitude problem."
English: serious
Singlish: cirrus
"You cirrus or not? Dun bruff."
English: already
Singlish: old lady
"Wah you finish old lady ah?"
English: road
Singlish: load
"We go Orchard load."
English: shoot
Singlish: suit
"Suit! Suit! See goal-keeper come out old lady."
English: show
Singlish: sow
"Sow me, sow me the ting you buy."
English: bring
Singlish: bling
What you blink for me? Sow me, sow me!"
English: cannot be
Singlish: canopy
He buy new handphone? Canopy lah, he where got money?"
Labels: Singapore, Singlish, Singlish-English, Speak Good English campaign
