 |
A Dictionary of Singlish
LinksLast updated on 10 August 2007 |
|
|
A Dictionary of Singlish
LinksLast updated on 10 August 2007 |
 | |||||||||
|
Singlish and Singapore English: Vocabulary.
| ||||||||
| |||||||||
|
| ||||||||
| |||||||||
|
“English in the
Linguistic Ecology of Singapore” (June 2001) by Dr Anthea Fraser Gupta,
Senior Lecturer in English Language,
School
of English, University of Leeds.
A paper given at the GNEL/MAVEN
Conference on the Cultural Politics of English as a World Language held at
Freiburg, Germany, 6–9 June 2001.
“International Englishes – English in Malaysia, Singapore, and Other Regions of Southeast Asia: A Citation List” compiled by Dr Martin Kich, Professor of English, English Department, Liberal Arts, Wright State University Lake Campus, Celina, Ohio
“Singapore Colloquial English (Singlish)” by Dr Anthea Fraser Gupta, Senior Lecturer in English Language, School of English, University of Leeds, from the Language Varieties website of the University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales
“Singapore English” (August 2004) by Dr Anthea Fraser Gupta, Senior Lecturer in English Language, School of English, University of Leeds
“Singapore English: An Annotated Bibliography” (2005) by Associate Professor David Henry Deterding, English Language and Literature Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
“Singapore English for Speech-Language Pathologists” (September 1995 – April
1996) by Dr Anthea Fraser Gupta, Senior Lecturer in English Language,
School of English,
University of Leeds
Articles that appeared in the SHA(S) Newsletter published
by the Speech and Hearing Association (Singapore) between September–October 1995
and March–April 1996.
“Singapore English: Important Readings” (25 May 2006) by Dr Anthea Fraser Gupta,
Senior Lecturer in English Language,
School of English, University of Leeds
A select bibliography of important articles and books on
Singapore English.
“Singlish” from Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
Buy these books from Amazon.com
Humorous treatmentAh Kow’s First Ingglish Dicksionary Ah Kow’s Sekand Inggrish Dicksionary Ah Kow’s Third Inggrish Dicksionary The Coxford English Dictionary from TalkingCock.com “Singlish A to Z” from Tony’s World blog |
Buy this book from Amazon.com
|
More articles on Singlish and the use of English in Singapore can be read on the Singlish Yahoo! group.
“For the Young, ‘Singlish’ Rules” (7 November 2006) by Denyse Tessensohn from Today (Todayonline.com)
“Got Culture?” (7 October 2006) by Lynn Lee, Aaron Low and Keith Lin from Straits Times Interactive
“Perils of Singlish: Not Many can Switch from Poor to Good English Easily” (16 August 2006) by Anthony Lee Mui Yu from Straits Times Interactive
“Singlish Problem is about Poor Standard of Spoken English” (15 August 2006) by Ho Kah Hui from Straits Times Interactive
“Get it Right. It’s Wrong to Say Singlish Comprises ‘Four National Languages’” (15 August 2006) by Irwan Jamil from Straits Times Interactive
“Don’t Sniff at Singlish. It’s Part of Singapore Culture” (15 August 2006) by Liying Ho from Straits Times Interactive
“Singlish is Part of Our Culture, an Infusion of All Things Singaporean” (12 August 2006) by Neo Yue Zheng from Straits Times Interactive
“Uniqueness of Singlish Does Not Mean We should Tolerate it or be Reluctant to Curb its Growth” (12 August 2006) by Vidyasagar Ananthan from Straits Times Interactive
“Time to Get Tough on Problem of Singlish” (10 August 2006) by Ng Ya Ken from The Straits Times (Straits Times Interactive)
“Relooking the English Class: Is the Speak Good English Message Missing the Lower Income, Less Educated S’porean?” (10 August 2006) by Low Wu Yang from Today (Todayonline.com)
“Speak Good English Campaign Should be Aimed at Less Educated and Youths” (10 August 2006) by Low Wu Yang from Straits Times Interactive
“What if We’re Understood Only in S’pore, Malaysia and Batam? Speaking Good English is Necessary if We are to be Understood and Not Lose Out, says Minister of State for Education Lui Tuck Yew” (6 August 2006) by Felix Soh from The Sunday Times (Straits Times Interactive)
“S’porean Accent Makes Us Unique, not Singlish” (5 August 2006) by Chow Kin Wah from The Straits Times (Straits Times Interactive)
“Singlish is Part of Singapore’s Heritage and History. Respect It for What It
Is” (5 August 2006)
by Jerome Toh from Straits Times
Interactive
“Some S’poreans Don’t Understand Govt’s Thinking about Move to Raise Standard of English” (5 August 2006) by Yeo Chow Khoon from The Straits Times (Straits Times Interactive)
“Decoding the Language Environment: It’s Not About Just English Classes, All Teachers Must Speak Correctly” (2 August 2006) by Julia Gabriel from Today (Todayonline.com)
“Conducive Social Environment the Way to Improve Linguistic Standards” (31 July 2006) by Daniel Chew Wen Chao from The Straits Times (Straits Times Interactive)
“Why Youths Prefer Singlish in Day-to-Day Speech” (30 July 2006) by Nur Amira Abdul Karim from The Sunday Times (Straits Times Interactive)
Speech by Radm (NS) Lui Tuck Yew, Minister of State for Education, at the launch of the Speak Good English Movement on Tuesday, 25 July 2006, 11:00 am, at the National Library from the Singapore Government Press Releases website
“Crux of English Debate” (21 July 2006) by Warren Mark Liew from The Straits Times (Straits Times Interactive)
“Speaking of Good English...” (20 July 2006) by Paul Tan from The Straits Times (Straits Times Interactive)
“Wrong: Can Fit or Not ? Right: Is that the Correct Size? Speak Good English Movement Targets Service Sector Workers” (19 July 2006) by Maria Almenoar from The Straits Times (Straits Times Interactive)
“Want National Identity? Foster, Not Teach It” (15 June 2006) by Lynn Kuok Chern Shih from The Straits Times (Straits Times Interactive)
“Teach English Grammar Again in Schools to Get It Right” (12 June 2006) by Wong Leung Yan from The Straits Times (Straits Times Interactive)
“Don’t be Dismissive of Singlish. Be Careful When Making Value Judgments” (12 June 2006) by Mark Chia Mingde from The Straits Times (Straits Times Interactive)
“Master English? Dump Singlish, Teach Grammar” (9 June 2006) by Ong Siew Chey from The Straits Times (Straits Times Interactive)
“S’pore’s Elusive Identity Quest”(8 June 2006) by Shirley Lim Geok-Lin from The Straits Times (Straits Times Interactive)
“Too Much Singlish on TV Undermines ‘Speak Mandarin’ Campaign” (27 March 2006) by Heng Cho Choon from The Straits Times (Straits Times Interactive)
“Beng is Cool, Singlish a Signal” (20 March 2006) by Terence Chong, and the related comment “What About Mother Tongues?” (23 March 2006) by Yeo Chow Khoon, both from Today (Todayonline.com)
“Singlish Dictionaries Should Include Source of Words” (14 February 2006) by Yap Chee Gee from Straits Times Interactive (and the unpublished response)
“How to Use ‘Aiyah’? Look it Up Online, Lah” (10 February 2006) by Zakir Hussain from The Straits Times (Straits Times Interactive)
“Singlish – Part of the Natural Ebb and Flow of English?” (13 December 2005) by Neville Stack from The Electric New Paper
“Misadventures in English” (10 December 2005) by Philip Lee from The Electric New Paper
“Simple Lors of English” (18 November 2005) by Cornelius Kan Wai-Chung from Todayonline.com
“Dialect-Laced English Can Confuse” (8 November 2005) by Jeremy Chen The Electric New Paper
“Foreign Words Enrich English” (3 November 2005) by Nelson Quah from The Electric New Paper
“Time to Tingo and Celebrate the Joy of Foreign Words” (30 October 2005) by Neville Stack from The Electric New Paper
“A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English” (30 September 2005) from Habitatnews.
“TV rapped up for lowbrow humour, poor English” (26 July 2005) from the Associated Press, reproduced on Singapore Window
“Alamak! It’s the Message, Not the Words, that Matter” (3 June 2005) by Guntmar Kerbl from Today
“Don’t Let Singlish Distract from Goal of Good English” (28 May 2005) by Koh Tai Ann from Today
“Should we preserve Singlish?” (27 May 2005) from Today
“Save Our Shiok!” (26 May 2005) by Denyse Tessensohn from Today
“Improve Your Singlish” (12 March 2005) by Mark Abley, from Times Online
“No Need to Construct Artificial Words” (19 November 2004) by Ng Kiat Han from The Straits Times
“Lost for Words? Morble and Pleep the Answer” (15 November 2004) by Anthony Lee Mui Yu from The Straits Times
“Acting Minister Engages in Campus Dialogue on Nation Building” (October 2004) by Juat Leng Halliday, from Knowledge Enterprise Online, vol. 4 no. 4, published by the National University of Singapore
“Don’t Be So Malu, Lah, Says Expat: Thumbs-Up for S’pore English” (26–27 July 2003) by Craig McLeod from Weekend Today (Todayonline.com)
“A Sibling Tongue: English, Not as a Father Language but as a Playmate” (24 July 2003) by Teng Qian Xi from Today (Todayonline.com)
“‘Must Speak Like Ang Mo? Wah Lau!’: Linguistic Imperialism and Singapore’s Speak Good English Movement” (April 2003) by Michael Eng, from his website Daydream.org.uk
“Is Wah Lau Vulgar or Harmless?” (1 December 2002) by Karl Ho from The Sunday Times
“Wah Lau, Jack Neo Wasn’t Wrong” (28 November 2002) by Lim Lye Choon and Lim Yew Ping from The Straits Times
“Mind your PCKs? I Not Stupid” (28 November 2002) by Henry Lim Li Shun from The Straits Times
“Wah Lau! Jack Neo Got It All Wrong” (26 November 2002) by Tan Kim Hock from The Straits Times
“Wah Lau, Jack Neo Wins Speech Award” (24 November 2002) from The Sunday Times
“Singlish Cannot Meh?” (August 2002) by Colin Goh, from Elle (Singapore edition) and reproduced on Singaporedreaming.com
“A War of Words Over ‘Singlish’: Singapore’s Government Wants its Citizens to Speak Good English, but They Would Much Rather be ‘Talking Cock’” (29 July 2002) by Hwee Hwee Tan, from Time Asia
Speech at the launch of The Coxford Singlish Dictionary (April 2002) by Colin Goh at Borders Singapore, from Talkingcock.com
“Singapore’s Social Engineers Push Proper English; Common Folks’ ‘Singlish’ Seen as Barrier to Success” (29 July 2001) by Seth Mydans from the New York Times, reproduced on SFGate.com
“Nations in Asia Give English Their Own Flavorful Quirks” (1 July 2001) by Seth Mydans from the New York Times, reproduced on Singapore Window
“Speak Good English Movement, Part 1” (11 April 2001) and “Speak Good English Movement, Part 2” (18 April 2001) written and presented by Felix Tan, from the Radio Singapore International website
“Singapore Attack on ‘Singlish’” (5 April 2001), from the BBC News website
“In Defence of Singlish” (May 2000, rev. March 2001) by Tim Richardson
“Oxford Singlish Makes It Online” (14 March 2000) by Barry Porter, from the South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), reproduced on Singapore Window
“Singapore: A Multilingual, Multiethnic Country” (2000?) by Amy J. Moyer, from the website of the Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
“Prime-Minister’s National Day Rally Speech: First-World Economy, World-Class Home” (extract on education) (27 August 1999) by Goh Chok Tong, then Prime Minister of Singapore, from the website of the Ministry of Education, Singapore
“Please Use Singlish Sparingly” (3 May 1995) by Tan Kim Hock from The Straits Times
“Let’s Not Push Use of Singlish: Its Proponents Must Realise that Most S’poreans Do Not Speak English Well” (2 May 1995) by Roy Tan Chee Keong from The Straits Times
“Bad News for All English Purists ‘Scared to Lose Out’ to Singlish: Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary Editors are Ready to Legitimise Singlish” (24 April 1995) by Koh Buck Song from The Straits Times
PROSE (Promotion of Standard English) from the National University of Singapore website
Singapore Speak Good English Movement
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
A website devoted to the sleuthing of new words and phrases that have appeared in newspapers, magazines, books, websites and other recorded sources.
The home of A.Word.A.Day, a community of more than 600,000 linguaphiles in at least 200 countries who delight in the joy of words.
Buy these books from Amazon.com
Books on the Oxford English Dictionary and lexicography, or dictionary-making, in general
Books on the English language
