The obvious grammatical error by the "girl" could very well be scripted that way deliberately.
The real issue here is not how such errors are allowed to be made, but the fact that it is considered acceptable in our local society. How embarrassing it reflects on everyone here in Singapore, if say an English-speaking foreigner who listened and identified the grammatical error!
Who is the culprit? I feel that one of main ones are the local movies and television shows that embraces the "Singlish Movement", attempting to capitalize on the majority of Singaporeans whom unfortunately seem to relate better to these forms of media when presented in a Singlish fashion, rather than the global standard for English.
i thought it was a grammatical error at first, then i realised it was something even worse: shitty diction. she probably was supposed to say canteenS, but i only heard canteen. fucking stupid all of them.
OMG!! What a terrible ad! This tops the previous one.
Anyway, there's nothing wrong with Singlish or English as it is spoken here.
And "native speakers" don't always speak the Queen's english in Received Pronunciation either.
There's something wrong, though, with the thousands of misguided Singaporeans who think they need an "accent" to speak to a "native speaker". That's really gross lor!!
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The real issue here is not how such errors are allowed to be made, but the fact that it is considered acceptable in our local society. How embarrassing it reflects on everyone here in Singapore, if say an English-speaking foreigner who listened and identified the grammatical error!
Who is the culprit? I feel that one of main ones are the local movies and television shows that embraces the "Singlish Movement", attempting to capitalize on the majority of Singaporeans whom unfortunately seem to relate better to these forms of media when presented in a Singlish fashion, rather than the global standard for English.
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Anyway, there's nothing wrong with Singlish or English as it is spoken here.
And "native speakers" don't always speak the Queen's english in Received Pronunciation either.
There's something wrong, though, with the thousands of misguided Singaporeans who think they need an "accent" to speak to a "native speaker". That's really gross lor!!
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at least that would have been credible!
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