The Leeter Spiaking Singlish - Book 3: Loanwords (Paperback)

Following on the success of his 2017 hit, Spiaking Singlish: A Companion to How Singaporeans Communicate, Gwee Li Sui is back with a series of three " Leeter" books covering the quintessential features of Singlish, Singapore's unofficial language - written in Singlish! In this third volume, we look at where Singlish words come from: " There are England terms like ' act cute' and ' act blur' whose meanings we tweak, Melayu ones we keep like ' cabut' and ' pakat', cheena ones we use like ' cheong hei' or translate into England like ' wait long-long', Tamil words like ' goondu' and ' aiyoh', distorted Japanese words like ' bakero', and so on. Then got phrases made with words from different languages that become something lagi tok kong, such as ' buay tahan' and ' jiak kentang' .

General

Imprint:	Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd
Country of origin:	Singapore
Series:	The Leeter Spiaking Singlish
Release date:	2023
Authors:	Gwee Li Sui
Dimensions:	178 x 114mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	104
ISBN-13:	978-981-5009-65-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > Language teaching & learning material & coursework > Self-study texts
LSN:	981-5009-65-6
Barcode:	9789815009651

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