Singlish is the trademark and part of the Singaporeans' culture, it represents us. There's many other versions as well, like Chinglish, Konglish, Spanglish etc. Is Singlish bad? Well, i'm sitting on the fence. On one hand, Singlish is the hallmark of Singaporean. On the other hand, it does not reflect well at work or in school or business, where we are expected to speak proper English. At the rate that Singapore embraces globalisation, i'm afraid proper English should be the way to go.
So i'm doing good here by spreading word about the 'Speak Good English' campaign. This year's theme is: Impress, Inspire, Intoxicate.
I like that! The theme is an alliteration, already demonstrating what makes English interesting. So click on here, and explore the website. English teachers would find the site useful.
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