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"Why you so like that?"
Speak Singlish with your kids at home, lah!
Lah, lepak, char siu and chilli crab. It is now considered acceptable to use these terms in an English sentence! Are we excited to be a Singaporean now? Yes, lah!
I cringe every time I hear my children speak Singlish. “I cannot lah,” they’ll say or “Why so like that one, ah?” And then, there are these definite shudder-inducing phrases, “mummy, today eat what”, “I already eat” and “can go or not?"
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