From ‘I didn’t say the F -word’, 13 Nov 2011, article by Sazali Abdul Aziz, TNP DID she say it? As the cameras panned to a triumphant Tao Li after her gold medal-winning performance in the women’s 100m butterfly yesterday evening, retiree K S Lee was sure that he saw Tao Li saying “f*** on [...]
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From ‘Written Speech by Dr Tan Cheng Bock for Unifying Rally at Expo Hall 8′, 25 Aug 2011, TCB’s Facebook post. …I would like to raise some question for you all here to consider. Tony (Tan) is currently chairman of the National Research Foundation which is a department of Prime Minister’s Office. So he is [...]
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From ‘Dr Tony Tan disappointed by jeers’, 17 Aug 2011, article by Ng Jing Yng, Today Dr Tony Tan said he was deeply disappointed by the jeers he had received at the nomination centre, earlier today. He said he hoped Singaporeans would listen to all four presidential candidates. The supporters of rival candidate, Mr Tan [...]
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From ‘GE’s youngest candidate speaks publicly for the first time’,21 April 2011, article by Tan Weizhen, Today online and ‘团结党小娘惹佘雪玲 被爆爱飙粗口’, 22 April 2011, article in omy.sg (SM Daily) The youngest candidate being fielded in the General Election, Ms Nicole Seah, 24, was unveiled today by Opposition party, the National Solidarity Party (NSP). …Ms Seah, an [...]
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From ‘Taiwan dramas spoilt by dubbing, translation’ 16 Apr 2011,Voices,Today (Ho Qin Yuan): My friends and I watch the Taiwanese drama Love on weekdays at 7pm and we are fed up with how Channel 8 broadcasts it. It repeatedly plays the same theme song, I Ask Sky. The opening images, as well as those seguing [...]
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From ‘Ads need more realistic portrayals’ 1 Aug 2010, Your Letters, Sunday Times (Loh Ngin Seng)…Recent one (campaign ad) that exhorts customers of food courts to clear their trays after eating, where there is an exclamation that goes ‘Goodness Gracious Me!’. Other than English educated baby boomers, I doubt many Singaporeans can relate to this [...]
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From Wah Lau! Jack Neo got it all wrong ST 26 Nov 2002 ST Forum How can we feel proud exporting a vulgarity(Wah Lau)? All true-blue Hokkien and Teochew speakers will confirm that ‘wah lau’ is a vulgar expletive uttered by uncouth, crass of foul-mouthed men….and never by the fairer sex…the reason being that it [...]
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From Cantonese way of New Year Greeting 18 Jan 1973 Letters to ST May I inform that that Kong Hee Fatt Choy is a Chinese New Year greeting in the Cantonese dialect. It appears that the public has been grossly misled in previous years by Press reporters (Cantonese, no doubt) and advertising agencies into believing [...]
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From Hokkien used in real army life 15 July 1988 Letters to ST How incredible it is that SBC, in an apparently misguided effort to extend the Speak Mandarin campaign to its drama series, is deleting Hokkien phrases in its Army Series, whilst out there in the real world thousands of our soldiers still speak [...]
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From They were told to queue in Hokkien 14 Nov 1987 Letters to ST We were surprised when a woman MRT staff member told us in Hokkien to queue in single file in order to enter smoothly and rapidly. I asked her why she spoke in dialect when the Government was encouraging Chinese to speak [...]
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