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Singlish is part of Singapore’s heritage and history. Respect it for what it is.

23 February 2010
Aunty Ying And Dad

The following was written by my dad who also wrote Singapore’s first geography textbook. This article was published in the Straits Times on 5 August 2006. As a son of Singapore, I grew up with Singaporean English, “catching spiders and playing gasing (top).” In the ‘60s and ‘70s, I was a school teacher in Singapore. [...]

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