Examples of 'singlish' in a sentence

Meaning of "singlish"

singlish (noun): A blend of Singaporean slang and English, commonly used in Singapore
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  • A highly colloquial or basilectal variety of Singapore English incorporating much Hokkien and Malay lexis.
  • Any of various varieties of English spoken in Sri Lanka.

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Singlish often includes onomatopoeic words for emphasis.
I rarely speak singlish.
Singlish is usually learned on the street.
Singapore has a unique language called Singlish.
Singlish is discouraged by the government.
We know when to use Singlish and when not to.
Singlish is also heavily discouraged in the mass media and in schools.
This in turn gives Singlish rather a staccato feel.
Singlish is commonly regarded with low prestige in Singapore.
I envision it to be a Singlish translation mobile app.
Past tense marking is optional in Singlish.
Manglish and Singlish share a common history and some common characteristics.
We are intelligent enough to know we do not write formal letters in Singlish.
More Singlish words are now recognised.
She was the first to put a spelling and punctuation to Singlish.

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We are tired of people confusing Singlish with broken English.
They argued that speaking good English should not be promoted at the expense of Singlish.
We are tired of people pretending to speak Singlish by speaking bad English.
Many Singaporeans have criticised this as trying to eradicate Singlish.
Some people tend to think that Singlish is good English.
Many Singaporeans speak a language that has come to be known as Singlish.
Particles in Singlish are highly comparable to Chinese.
Many Singaporeans speak a language which has become referred to as Singlish.
The Singlish monologue continued.
Many Singaporeans were surprised by the decision to add more Singlish words into the OED.
And Singlish too.
But I hope it is not at the expense of Singlish.
Colloquial Singaporean Mandarin is the equivalent of Singlish in the Mandarin speaking world of Singapore.
It is often Singapore and Malaysia players that uses Singlish.
Say it in Singlish.
Below are the phonological sounds used from the International Phonetic Alphabet used in Singlish.
They speak Singlish.
Singlish - the language that unites and divides.
Dangers of the Singlish.
For outsiders, Singlish can be difficult to understand.
My parents speak Singlish.
Singlish is a collection of colloquial catch phrases and lingo influenced by Singapore 's multiculturalism.
The Media Development Authority does not support using Singlish in television and radio advertising.
Singlish is commonly used by Singaporeans in informal contexts and can be incomprehensible to non-Singaporeans.
Mesolectal, This is the most commonly spoken form of Singlish.
The speaking of the slang Singlish was highlighted, together with the country 's chewing gum laws.
Flour / flower and their / there are therefore not homophones in Singlish.
Singlish is an English-based creole language spoken in Singapore.
She also doesn't approve of Singlish.
Queen Singlish - A woman that commandeered an entire island, which floats through space.
The sound of Singlish - Singapore.
Singlish also uses many words borrowed from Hokkien, and from Malay.
Singapore Watch summed it up with " Speak Singlish proudly, speak English properly . ".
Worse, Singlish uses Chinese sentence structure.
Singlish is topic-prominent, like Chinese and Japanese.

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