Singlish uses 'can' to do both," Gwee Li Sui, the author of the Singlish guidebook "Spiaking Singlish," told Insider. Hiramoto, who has spent 15 years living in Singapore, ...

The word "can" has two different meanings in Singlish. It can be used as an affirmative "Yes" or a request for permission.

"30th got school meh it's a Sunday leh." If we asked an average American what this online message means and what they can discern about its author, they would likely be baffled.

Some worry, however, that the island's unique patois known as Singlish could be lost, and with it an important cultural glue unifying the multiethnic, multi-religious city-state of 5.1 million people.

On November 11th, the last day of Singapore Writer’s Festival (SWF) 2018, I find myself in the strange position of having to explain Singlish to a foreigner. A backpacker from Taiwan, she happened to ...

To celebrate Singlish is to celebrate modern Singapore—to celebrate the extraordinary and unique vitality of our small city state.

The complexities of Singlish can make it difficult for foreigners to grasp. Reddit user Klingonpigeon's side project, the Chimbridge Dictionary of Singlish and Singaporean Terminology, might just ...

This is explored in CNA’s two-part special on Singlish, this National Day. ‘You can’t tell people to not speak it,’ says NUS don. But where does Singlish stand now?

Celebrate Singlish Holidays: Every Day Also Can. Celebrate Singlish by connecting it to festive occasions. During Chinese New ...

SINGAPORE: Artificial intelligence agents trained to speak in English, local mother-tongue languages and even Singlish may soon be deployed to call elderly patients or seniors to check in on how ...

Singlish uses 'can' to do both," Gwee Li Sui, the author of the Singlish guidebook "Spiaking Singlish," told Insider. ADVERTISEMENT. Hiramoto, who has spent 15 years living in Singapore, said that ...

The word "can" has two different meanings in Singapore's local creole, Singlish. "Singlish doesn't really differentiate between 'can' and 'may,'" said a Singlish guidebook author. The author, Gwee Li ...