tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post8082388169364077973..comments2024-03-25T09:14:03.458-04:00Comments on Too Many Thoughts: Work, when you've got itTymhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15168089811114758802noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-32353520936575083312011-11-22T08:32:24.078-05:002011-11-22T08:32:24.078-05:00I don't have linguistics training, but there&#...I don't have linguistics training, but there's a significant body of academic work on Singlish and Singapore's multicultural language environment that's been done by scholars at NUS (and perhaps elsewhere too). The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singlish" rel="nofollow"> Wikipedia entry on Singlish</a> has a short bibliography too.<br /><br />I'm not sure if a cultural history approach to documenting Singlish has been taken by anyone. A book in the same vein of Bill Bryson's <i>Mother Tongue</i> would be cool, but it's not something I'm keen on doing at the moment. Offhand I'd say that what might be more effective is a shared, multilingual effort along the lines of the <a href="http://www.singlishdictionary.com" rel="nofollow">Singlish Dictionary</a>.Tymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168089811114758802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-44217858303075044002011-11-19T18:37:06.803-05:002011-11-19T18:37:06.803-05:00Any linguistic chronicler out there ?
Overheard ...Any linguistic chronicler out there ?<br /> <br />Overheard old Teochew lady at Flower Dome at Gardens by the Bay:-<br /> <br />"ker parsat (went to bazaar )<br /> zia roti (ate bread <br /> mata tua kow (policeman 'big dog' <br />lia ker teng liang (captured to 'nail chain' <br /> <br />No new immigrant nor our younger generation would have understood the comment.<br /> <br />Would somebody document our oral 'multi-cultural' lingistic history before it disappears? You're the only author/writer I know of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-15295320981647284082011-11-15T00:23:38.606-05:002011-11-15T00:23:38.606-05:00Thanks (again) for having faith in me. :)Thanks (again) for having faith in me. :)Tymhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168089811114758802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-79207704263387278842011-11-13T22:51:27.183-05:002011-11-13T22:51:27.183-05:00Many congrats re: funding. I'll be one of the ...Many congrats re: funding. I'll be one of the first in line to buy your book!notabiliahttp://notabilia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5658132.post-81971023185958006562011-11-13T14:58:09.150-05:002011-11-13T14:58:09.150-05:00Congrats on securing the funding! Can't wait t...Congrats on securing the funding! Can't wait to read your book!Ellishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18048484191834137815noreply@blogger.com