can we use proper english?
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Originally posted by Bangulzai:
Is there a systematic way that we can go about doing it?
topple PAP
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Originally posted by mh2:
topple PAP
after toppling PAP, can we confirm the new political party will support our agenda? we cannot assume too much
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Originally posted by Chew Bakar:
Can't move on with a fixed mindset.
elaborate
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I think it is time for all the dialect chinese to unite and oppose the banana's policy of suppression of dialects in state media.
Someone organised an event on this topic before:
If you are 35 years old and below and belong to young working adult, we like to invite you to forum, topic on Dialets in Singapore - The forgotten Tongue.
Venue -Toa Payoh Central CC, Level 3
Date/Time - 27 June 2009 Sat, 1.15pm ~4pm
If you are interested, pls feel free to drop an email at [email protected]
Thks
Many thks to those who have attended the above forum. It has promising attendance and excellent comments all around.
Hope to see more of you in future policy forums.
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Endangered species? For goodness sake, Lee Kuan Yew practically filled the entire cabinet with inbred Peranakans.
For the last few decades in Singapore, the top positions in civil service, statutory boards, armed forces, GLCs have all along been going disproportionately to the Peranakans.
That is one reason why Singapore has been run to the ground.
Lee Kuan Yew worked with the Japanese Kempeitai and later the British colonizers to suppress the non-Peranakan Chinese.
That's why he has always been wary of non-Peranakan Chinese and could only entrust power to his own family members and his other Peranakan cronies.
http://tomorrow.sg/archives/2009/02/17/peranakans__going_the_way_of_the.html
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Originally posted by Ah Chia:
I think it is time for all the dialect chinese to unite and oppose the banana's policy of suppression of dialects in state media.
Someone organised an event on this topic before:
too bad
these kind of event is still a far cry from what we can say is "opposing"
even MP Josephine Teo was invited to attend as panel of speakers, nothing much can be said how fruitful the forum was carried out
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Originally posted by Bangulzai:
elaborate
If refused to change with time, we can't progress and communicate with the next generation or vice versa.
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harlow
i ish the always use profect eng ga lish one hor.
the ang moh see me also feel very impress
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Originally posted by Ah Chia:
I think it is time for all the dialect chinese to unite and oppose the banana's policy of suppression of dialects in state media.
then every dialect wants to establish themself...cannot , it will be messy. establish mandarin instead.
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topple PAP
Our minds meet.
then every dialect wants to establish themself...cannot , it will be messy. establish mandarin instead.
Establish both, like Taiwan.
then every dialect wants to establish themself...cannot
Can. Why cannot? China?
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Originally posted by Ah Chia:
Can. Why cannot? China?
for your info. according to censure, 50% PRC ppl dun know mandarin.
so you think we can follow china standard?
unifiying language:mandarin
side kick language: tamil, malay, hokkien, teochew, cantonese and what not.?
hmm, i like the idea,,
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so basically your idea is to have language liberation...meaning not deliberately suppress any language,, i think i can accept this.. it is a free world man. you can speak whatever you wanted,,, personal right..
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mh2 i support this idea too
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Assume
Make an Ass out of U and Me
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Anyone here who would like to help out some linguists doing research on the use of English in Singapore?
Then maybe you are interested in the following message:
"Hi everyone,
a team of English language researchers is in need of 2,000 words extracts from Singaporean weblogs. The data will be used to set up a corpus** that will be available free of charge to bona fide academic researchers.
You are a native Singaporean and want to give us permission to collect samples from your online journal? You have further questions? Then please contact hack2301 @ uni-trier . de (RE: SG Weblog). We most urgently need people aged 36+ to achieve a balanced age ratio of the data but all help is appreciated, no matter how old you are.
We would also be grateful if you could point out other communities, bulletin boards, etc. where we could post this request.
Thanking you,
Fran"
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** examples of corpora would be the British National Corpus and the International Corpus of English.
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Originally posted by Franzi:
Anyone here who would like to help out some linguists doing research on the use of English in Singapore?
Then maybe you are interested in the following message:
"Hi everyone,
a team of English language researchers is in need of 2,000 words extracts from Singaporean weblogs. The data will be used to set up a corpus** that will be available free of charge to bona fide academic researchers.
You are a native Singaporean and want to give us permission to collect samples from your online journal? You have further questions? Then please contact hack2301 @ uni-trier . de (RE: SG Weblog). We most urgently need people aged 36+ to achieve a balanced age ratio of the data but all help is appreciated, no matter how old you are.
We would also be grateful if you could point out other communities, bulletin boards, etc. where we could post this request.
Thanking you,
Fran"
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** examples of corpora would be the British National Corpus and the International Corpus of English.
not interested