Déjà vu
A few weeks ago I was looking for a book on my language shelves. I noticed a book called A Study of Writing by I. J. Gelb. Separated from it by two or three...
Monthly Archive: February 2012
Wear your shoe
Singlish: “You need to go toilet? Okay, wear your shoe first.” English: “You need to go to the toilet? Okay, put on your shoes first.” ‘Wear’ is really not the same as ‘put on’,...
Object dropping
Singlish: “Do you like horror movies?” “I don’t like.” The object is obvious, therefore there’s no need to express it. Sometimes you even get subject dropping, too: “Do you like horror movies?” “Don’t like.”...
