fallequinox01 Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 When/How do you use the terms alamak, meh, mah, liao, sia, siol, walau(?), etc., or what do they mean? Quote "Listen -- are you living just a little and calling it life?"Mary Oliver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zwei Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 (edited) Alamak is like oh shit..... The rest are all slang.... Like really meh? You very stupid sia or siol! Just different pronunciation Liao is like already.... Finish liao?? Finish already? Walau is like fkkk La why you do that Edited September 19, 2012 by zwei Quote Fattie bom bom walk down the street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fallequinox01 Posted September 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 How about 'mah'? Quote "Listen -- are you living just a little and calling it life?"Mary Oliver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zwei Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 Ma is a Chinese word meh is the Singapore slang for it Quote Fattie bom bom walk down the street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zwei Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 Actually most of this forms came from either Chinese or dilact Quote Fattie bom bom walk down the street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fallequinox01 Posted September 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 Thanks a lot! :* Quote "Listen -- are you living just a little and calling it life?"Mary Oliver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eujiboo Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 Singlish is pretty much just slang . So it's not proper words but we grow up learning and talking like that and it's in us , a little hard to totally stop using them .Also makes us unique and a good way to confuse foreigners xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzy Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 learning Singlish is by listening most of the time. once you can see the sentence structure, you will somehow know which words to use at the back..*just did a tutorial discussion on Singlish in class recently* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eujiboo Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 But there are people who listen and still use Singlish in such a weird , unnatural way . Newbieboyz90 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-zee- Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 My gal friend's bf is a french man. He is sooo inc into our society that he uses alamak and other slangs on a daily basis, it is hilarious!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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