Love The Tongue

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lets get this clear my dear singaporeans.

there is nothing wrong with singlish. neither is it wrong to be too chinese/malay/tamil or fabulous in english.

"yuck, why is she speaking so cheena/malay/tamil?"

or "kao why she speak so ang moh?"

or even "omg she speaks singlish! disgrace."

i dont see the issue. just because we are born with a mouth and tongue, that doesnt stop us from speaking whatever languages we want to. we are born this way. we can freely speak whatever languages we are equipped with but, learn when to speak what and when not to.

dont expect a frecnch waiter to understand your fluent singlish while making your order. or dont expect a pro-chinese to understand your best tamil when he does not even understand the very first word you spoke.

and therefore we learn english because its universal. dont act english and speak with westernized accent because we are born without the western accents. we develop the accent only if we are born with the genes or my parents and family speak this way; unless you are hugely influenced or trained to have it(ie. anchorman/woman, translator etc.) then ive nothing to comment on that. otherwise, we speak in our very own singaporean accent. *not singlish

**note that there are westerners or people of other races who dont understand/speak english

singlish. okay some commented that singlish should be banned in singapore. but then, come to think of it, its singlish that make singapore singapore. you get what im trying to say? with all the "lah, lor, leh", its definitly fun to a certain extent to speak singlish. surprisingly enough, it comes out pretty smoothly when you speak them. thats a pretty bold statement for me to say but yes its true. lets start loving singlish. not too overly, just dont lose it.

conclusion. love the tongue you are born with, it does not get your butt fried what (stated by nathaniel).