Tuesday, October 05, 2004
The thing is, we might be the only group of buggers in the world to use the word "mug" to mean study like crazy, RJ style. Mug is used here to denote a robbery. How did a word used to describe a felony end up in everyday Singaporean usage to mean someone from RJ? (I can hear the Twin getting ready to throw the chair at me as I type this blog). Ok fair one, to mean someone who er, studies too hard? And how did mugger and toad join forces to become a smelly muggertoad ( Chao muggertoad).
And they say we have no culture. Someone should do an ethnography on Singaporean terms. Or even better, the anthropology of Singlish. Seriously sial, die die must do wan. Udderwise always everli day kenna hamtam by palents and gar'ment saying we tak boleh culture sial. Mai lai la!
And they say we have no culture. Someone should do an ethnography on Singaporean terms. Or even better, the anthropology of Singlish. Seriously sial, die die must do wan. Udderwise always everli day kenna hamtam by palents and gar'ment saying we tak boleh culture sial. Mai lai la!
