I'm done with laughing by myself. Cos you guys wanna know something? I was friendster-hopping just now, viewed a few profiles, and the oh-so-disastrous-that-it-would-make-the-Brits-scowl grammatical errors made by certain segments of the population. Take for instance, this person, whose picture shows that she was trying to clean her friend's smudged eyebrows, and the caption? "pity Her...eYeliNer sMashIng all Times.. & neEds me wipes 4 her eYes all timeS.." Ok, so now you know what's had me laughing since 2pm just now. I mean, it's hilarious, isn't it?
I tell you. Sometimes, the way they phrase their sentences, had me in stitches. I mean, funny is one thing, acting dumb like you are new to the English language is another. And it really shows through. What I meant was, if you intend to write your captions in English, at least do it properly, no? If not, it seems as though you are this person who is trying her 'best' to 'portray' her 'English' side, when she could not really pull it off.
Look at it this way. I was never against people who use Singlish to communicate. In fact, it is one of the easiest ways to communicate your ideas to the heartland aunties, rather than using British English (which we are using for the education system). It's just that sometimes, Singlish does sound vulgar to me. Yes, I'm not anti-Singlish, it's only that I have a thing against the way Singlish is being used in society. And you know what's had me peeved all the time? It's due to the fact that people, even though they try to use proper English, had their grammer mistakes upturned. Seriously, we need more language courses, no?
Whatever the tone of this may be, I would just like to say that if anyone is attempting to communicate your ideas in English, just ensure that it's the correct 'brand' of English we are talking about. That means, ensure that the grammatical errors are corrected, so that we do not come across as trying too hard even though we know that we are wrong. Ok, what am I saying. And also, if in any circumstances, there calls for a need to use Singlish, then please, don't speak it as if it's a vulgar language.
Matters aside, be proud of the English language! It's the only language that's universal.
P.S.: I'm only posting the above entree because I feel bad that I am not correcting the errors, even though I am supposed to 'major' in English. Hurhur.
I tell you. Sometimes, the way they phrase their sentences, had me in stitches. I mean, funny is one thing, acting dumb like you are new to the English language is another. And it really shows through. What I meant was, if you intend to write your captions in English, at least do it properly, no? If not, it seems as though you are this person who is trying her 'best' to 'portray' her 'English' side, when she could not really pull it off.
Look at it this way. I was never against people who use Singlish to communicate. In fact, it is one of the easiest ways to communicate your ideas to the heartland aunties, rather than using British English (which we are using for the education system). It's just that sometimes, Singlish does sound vulgar to me. Yes, I'm not anti-Singlish, it's only that I have a thing against the way Singlish is being used in society. And you know what's had me peeved all the time? It's due to the fact that people, even though they try to use proper English, had their grammer mistakes upturned. Seriously, we need more language courses, no?
Whatever the tone of this may be, I would just like to say that if anyone is attempting to communicate your ideas in English, just ensure that it's the correct 'brand' of English we are talking about. That means, ensure that the grammatical errors are corrected, so that we do not come across as trying too hard even though we know that we are wrong. Ok, what am I saying. And also, if in any circumstances, there calls for a need to use Singlish, then please, don't speak it as if it's a vulgar language.
Matters aside, be proud of the English language! It's the only language that's universal.
P.S.: I'm only posting the above entree because I feel bad that I am not correcting the errors, even though I am supposed to 'major' in English. Hurhur.
posted by the essaouira at
9/27/2007 02:42:00 pm
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