Outrageous! Singlish not considered as a foreign language!
- Thread starter kahheng
- Start date
- Status
It is not a language by itself dude, its just a variant of our beloved Commonwealth English.
But that reminds me, a British judge ever employed an American English-English translator because he considered American English a foreign English. Haha.
But that reminds me, a British judge ever employed an American English-English translator because he considered American English a foreign English. Haha.
Slivester said:
Do we still have to think that there is a pure, pristine English language with a sacred status that nobody should be allowed to recreate on? Singlish has performed wonderfully in binding our society, cutting across races and religions. Commonwealth English? Just a working language for me, not quite my beloved.
Sion
Senior Member
zaren said:
no flavour, will look like taiwan movie ... why not just add every other languages used here EXCEPT english? ;p
zaren said:
better still don't enter Oscar lor, so many things to compromise, why do we need to seek the American film academy's approval anyway?
zaren said:
America Film awards = World stage? nah, they may be relatively advance in many things, but there are so many other options around if seeking 'world recognition'
the ironic history that the English language was derived from Germany:bsmilie: :bsmilie: so is English a language? (pun intended)
eikin said:
Thats your opinion, and many people do have differentiated opinions. As for Commonwealth English, yes it is sort of "demanding" to non-native speakers, but for my family the language is held dearly.
Next time try to comprehend my meaning, I was trying to be sarcastic.
eikin said:
Nobody ever dare to restrict the production of a variant out of UK English, Commonwealth English is a variant, and the part of parenting group of all of the localised variants such as Singlish. Its recognised worldwide, nobody say its not allowed.
Just that, a variant doesn't really constitute to be another language. Its simply more like a mild dialect.
Sjourn said:
Yeah its Germanic, but it also constitutes so much words that descended from French, after the Normans took over England. So is German and French and Spanish, they descended from Latin. And Latin derived from Italic languages, and the latin alphabets derived from Greek alphabets.
They are sort of interconnected, but nobody seemed to mind anyway. People still don't really understand another language even if there is a chain there.
Sion
Senior Member
Sion
Senior Member
- Status
Similar threads
