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SinGweesh on Wednesday: Stir Ah Stir
by Gwee Li Sui LIFE in Singapore is tough lah. We work so hard, and whatever is left as rest time is often just enough to lepak in front of the TV. Singapore itself doesn’t offer us many ways to relak...
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SinGweesh on Wednesday: Cum
by Gwee Li Sui I GOT converted liao! Now I believe that “cum” should be considered a Singlish word. Why neh? Well, let’s gostan a bit. Some time ago, I was quite aksi about “cum” being England. Must...
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Oi Uncle Obama, must talk more like this mah
by Bertha Henson IF YOU don’t know the Prime Minister is in the United States, you’ve been living under a rock. But that’s okay. Because Singapore has been described as a “solid-rock’’ partner of the...
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SinGweesh on Wednesday: England
by Gwee Li Sui WHY Singlish speakers like to say “England” when they mean “English” ha? Is this a solid question or what? Well, uncle thinks it’s high time we all get to the root and dun go make bodoh,...
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SinGweesh on Wednesday: Mah
by Gwee Li Sui “MAH” isn’t mother, and it isn’t short for mama or uncle in Tamil. When a Singlish speaker uses this word, he or she isn’t invoking his or her mother or uncle, OK. Just how goondu are...
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SinGweesh on Wednesday: Last time is last time, now is now
by Gwee Li Sui LIFE in Singapore is sibei siow on. Everything changes so fast. You blink your eyes once, and a building disappears. You blink another time, and a whole street disappears. Then taller...
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SinGweesh on Wednesday: Goondu
by Gwee Li Sui HOW to call someone a fool in Singlish? Let me count the ways. From England, we last time used to say a lot how someone had a screw loose, like a robot liddat. The phrase appears in...
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Singapore Writers Festival welcomes Singlish
THE ongoing Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) prides itself as “one of the few multilingual literary festivals in the world”. It celebrates “the written and spoken word in Singapore’s official...
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Talking cock with Gwee Li Sui
by Bertha Henson SO I threatened to bokok Gwee, after he directed a generational gibe at me. But I only confirmed my age by using such an out-of-fashion Singlish word. I tried to sepak him as well but...
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Bye TMG
by Gwee Li Sui KNN, The Middle Ground mampus liao? Liao liao? Kua kua-ded? How can liddat? I’m not prepared to see it go yet leh! It’s like hearing that the community cat whose company you’ve enjoyed...
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