Example sentences for: singlish

How can you use “singlish” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Historical facts aside, the Singlish Affair is the brain-child of John DeFrancis ( The Chinese Language, Fact and Fantasy , Univ. of Hawaii, 1984), a parodying bulesque pointing up certain features of languages in general and of Chinese in particular.

  • Although Singlish is a figment of imagination, there are many examples of genuine switched writing systems masquerading as something they are not.

  • Actually Singlish has nothing to do with one's marital status.

  • Hong Kong and Macau present what are probably the most egregious examples of all-pervasive linguistic symbiosis on a daily basis, Singlish ubiquitous in the former, (e.g. ba shi bus; de shi taxi), Portusinese in the latter.

  • Only when one realize its Singlish — that is, English masquerading as Chinese — does it become intelligible.


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