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Saturday, May 14, 2016

Singlish












According to Oxford, the terms wah, sabo and hawker centre are "new senses of common English words", "loanwords from Chinese... and Malay", and "formations in English that are only used in Singapore".
Dr Kirpal Singh, associate professor of English literature at Singapore Management University, said there are "good qualities" to Singlish and the recognition means it has earned respect.

























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