sundaymorningstaple wrote:Interestingly enough, according to a recent post by JR8, American English is more English than British English as our English still follow a lot of British English from the 1700's while British English has evolved/devolved as the case may be. SA English? Not sure there, but with Afrikaans all mixed in with it, I'll stay clear of that topic.
JR8 wrote: Talking about the Caucasion race... This is what Wikipedia has to say. So I can see how a 50% (or even 100%) Indian child could be classified as caucasian... AND why this must cause confusion to Americans![]()
good-job you can't do the "pencil test" which was infamous in apartheid SAsundaymorningstaple wrote:Yeah, but now I no longer classed as "Others" like I used to be! Others as in Alien? Now I'm Caucasian but the problem with that is both of my Children are also Caucasian even though their mother is Tamil!As more and more Singaporeans marry inter-racially, the Government is having a hard time remaining profiling racists!
Most of the women on the radio here seem to be working hard to sound as American as they possibly can!!taxico wrote:singaporeans can't speak mandarin either... and leeky says it's okay.
what gets my goat is when a singaporean changes the way he/she speaks only when talking to a white person/tourist.
..especially when they end almost every damn sentence in a sing-song way... like jean danker the pretend american.
WHY????????????
i wish i can slap her cheeks. just once. okay, once on each cheek.
I can understand why, most of them are dating caucasians...and dating caucasian are becoming a trend for local women....ex-pat wrote:Most of the women on the radio here seem to be working hard to sound as American as they possibly can!!
Maybe its in their contract.
It does depend on the different groups of people in the Singapore society who use Singlish. The hawker centre example highlighted by vozzie is one that should not be over-generalized with the general populationSingaporeans seem to have a very narrow band of recognition.
One of the language criterion set by the Media Development Authority is that Singlish should not be used (with few exceptions). As RP is commonly perceived to be the 'correct' accent of SE, most people try to master RP. However the strong American cultural influences might cause some confusion as to which accent is the 'correct' one. I believe that many of these women subscribe to this misconception, and thus speak in that mannerMost of the women on the radio here seem to be working hard to sound as American as they possibly can!!
Maybe its in their contract.
Haha i think those are their attempts at code-switching! Give them a chance. The next generation would probably be better at code-switching.singaporeans can't speak mandarin either... and leeky says it's okay.
what gets my goat is when a singaporean changes the way he/she speaks only when talking to a white person/tourist.
..especially when they end almost every damn sentence in a sing-song way... like jean danker the pretend american.
WHY????????????
i wish i can slap her cheeks. just once. okay, once on each cheek.
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