Saturday, October 07, 2006

Let's talk cock* meh!!


Hello peoples!!! Nice to see u guys so soon!!! Hope u had an awesome week. I badly wanted a break from my books and so, here i am sooner than expected!!! But, guys, i am sorry to say that i havnt yet got my confirmation about the good news. I am as anxious and excited as u are...but good things dunt come so easy rite.. so lets jus have our fingers crossed and wait for the D-day!!! :)

Its been almost more than a year since i have settled in singapore and i would be doing no justice if i fail to learn the local singlish here. Yeah, i am gettin a hold of it all!! Its actually fun to speak with local singaporeans in their own language - simple, easy and gramatically less demanding. Nowadays, within indians ourselves, conversing in singlish has become some sort of a fun-factor. It reminds of me of my school days, when we used to have our own school language and boast about it all to our neighbours and cousins who were in different schools. Now, even in university, this gang of about 5-6 of us have been actively propagating our school's language!!! :P Here are some slangs we commonly use -


>> When we got to say a hi - "Yalo the!!"
>> When we are cheering someone, or encouraging - "Come the!!"
>> While trying to capture the attention of a crowd - "Yalo peoples!!! Listen up!! "


Am not goin to let out anything more, for we are currently working on patenting this. Once we get our patent approved, i shall share some more!! :P

Oki, now for some singlish... i have borrowed this from one of my friends.. hope he doesnt mind it.. even if he does... i am sure he has not yet patented it.. so i aint gonna get caught in singapore's strict plagiarism rules!! :) So, here they go...


>> When someone offers a favour, the other casually rejects saying, "Its okay lah!!"
>> When enquring if we can enter through a door or not - "Can pass or not??"
>> When trying to make the other person feel at home - "Dont shy shy lah."
>> While rejecting or declining an offer - "Doe waan!!"
>> When something cannot be done - "Cannot lah!"
>> When u are stuck in the middle of any matter, thinking about wat to do next, the other person asks - "So how??"
>> When trying to wind up any matter - "So, lets see how lah."
>> When you have completed some assignment - "I finish oreddy."
>> When you have lots of work piled up, then your condition is - "Die-die"
>> When you have not told the other person something, the other guy says - "You neva told me what!!"
>> When you want to ask if this bus has got ac - "This bus got aircon or not?"
>> When someone is staring at u for quite sometime - "Stare what stare??"




So, thats just a pinch of the singlish that i have begun to use quite frequently... :) At the same time, i make sure, i maintain my individuality and originality in the way i speak english. Ultiamtely, i got to be what i am. :P Now, u guys do add on if u have something interesting to share about such slangs... :) i will be back with good news and some o
ther updates about all thats happening out here in university... till then.. take care and have an blast this weekend.. huggggggggzzzzzzzzzzzz!!! :)

*
talking cock, in singlish means, talkin nonsense. :)


34 comments:

brute said...

i want BS, cornetto and ....will tell aftr i read the blog... :)) lol

brute said...

hehe....so u were chattin with me in singlish ....whoa!!!! super comedy..funny ligo :)

dakaltiz said...

Sooper lah...kalakra lah...epdi lah ithulaam lah??

prithz chennai slang kite ethuvum eedaagaathu ma...herez a sample..

"Sai salpa kalika matter"
"So n So paparra mutta"
"usaar pathini Raiduuu"
"Singli Goli Sapi sali quater"

Varta!

Anusha said...

Hee! Singlish is damn funny and brilliant to talk in! Anna gave me a Singlish dictionary for my birthday, and it's full of hilarious stuff, with examples and all! I'll lend it to you one day, you must take a look! :P

G3 said...

Kalakala singlish tuition edukkareenga!!! :-)

Bharani said...

thatz quite handfull of slangs..."Come the" :)

Unknown said...

Preethi, andha surprise inna Intership dhaane? Illana edhachum Project kidaika pogudha?

And regarding "lah", yeah namma oorla kooda adhu iruku. Like:

Naana dhaan sonnamla!
vandhomla!

Ganesh Ranganathan said...

An Arrest warrant has been issued in your name for murdering the Singaporean language

golmaalgopal said...

aagaa....singlishaa...anga namma Dr.Ramadoss maadhiri aal illayaa??

"come the" LOL!! adhellaam naanga englipis thappu thappaa pesumbodhu thaanaa varum... :))

enna dhaan irundhaalum namma petta baashai maadhiri varumaa???

malay dhaane anga oppicial lang???

Sudarshan said...

Haha...funny:-)

Singapore slang sounds exciting lol..:-)

How you been? Hope everything's fine with ya..:-)

Enjoy the weekend!

prithz said...

@ brute:

Haha! done!! Will get u icecream if v meet in india!! :) And yeah, i was chattin wid u in singlish.. didnt ya realise???

@ dakaltiz:

Haha!!! Chance illa pa!! Our singara chennai tamil rocks!! sadly, out of the 4 phrases u have mentioned, i cud follow only the 1st one. :'( wat do the others mean?? I no only simple ones like gumaangu, sappa, dubuku, gabsa, apete, dubakooru, meyyalume... :D

@ clueless:

Whoa!!! singlish dictionary??? shud be fun to read thru.. lend it to me oneday. i will learn and talk like that to our stats prof :P He will be impressed na??? :D

@ g3:

Idhulaam onnume illa madam.. innum naraiyya irruku, 'singlish' nu poi wiki pannunga, u find lots more.. :)

@ bharani:

Aga.. yeannke va??? seekarama patent papers ah move pannum poola irruke.. illati danger dhan.. anyways, gabpu nu pidichintinga pa!! :)

@ karthik b.s.:

Hehe.. keep guessin karthik.. i will tell u when the time comes :)

Apram, neenga solra la vera, inga use pandra la vera.. unga karpana adhukulla yeangayo poidhuthu pa!! Come the!! :P

@ ganesh ranganathan:

If u read closely, i have only tried to beautify it. :) so, case withdrawn!!! :D

@ golmaalgopal:

Haha!! namba pettai basha dhan eppodhume beshtu!!! :)

And yeah, inga official language nu 4 languages irruku - english, tamil, malay, chinese.. idha ellam mix panni dhan singlish.. some more common singlish words have malay n chinese, since i am still tryin to learn malay n chinese, i didnt risk mentioning those here.. :D

@ sudarshan:

Hey!!! how u doin man!!! long time since i saw u around. Hope all is well..any quizzin u did??? i am doin great!!!

And yeah, singlish is fun!! :) have a great weekend too :)

AJ ! Serendipity !!! said...

ehehehehehe
this sounds fun.
gud tp huh ?

The Boss (:D) said...

hey! half of ur singlish, like the "doe waan!" n "oreddy" r stuff we used to say at school itself! pravrutha, rod.. in fact 10 e gang (wen we were in 10th) used to spk like that only!! dont call it singlish! :D

Anonymous said...

TAMIL NADU IS GOING FULL FLEDGED ON COMPUTERIZATION.
THEIR KEY BOARD WILL BE DIFFERENT FOR rural areas and THEIR SCREEN INSTRUCTIONS WILL ALSO BE DIFFERENT. ENJOY READING !

Open = thora naina
Close = pothiko
Print Preview = paathu printadi
View = looku vudu
Cut = vetu - kuthu
Paste = ottu
Paste Special = nalla echcha thottu ottu
File = failu
Save = vechukko
Save as = Aiye ipdi vechukko
Save All = alaathium vechukko
Find = thedu
Find Again = inoru thaba thedu
Move = jaga vaangu
Zoom = persa kaatu
Zoom Out = velilavanthu persa kaatu
New = pucchu
Old = palsu
Replace = itha thooki athle podu athethooki ithle podu
Run = odu naina
Execute=kollu
Delete = keesidu
Tools = spanneru
Toolsbar = spanner setu
Exit = odra dei
Compress = amukipodu
Scrollbar = inge angae aladathey
Next = appaala
Previous = munaagati
Trash bin = kuppai thotti
Drag & hold = nallaa isthu pudi
Double click = rendu dhabaa
Do you want to delete selected item? = Maiyalumethukirava?
Do you want to move selected item? = Maiyalumekadasidava?
Do you want to save selected item? = Maiyalumevachukkava?
Abort, Retry, Ignore = Ishtam illati uttudu
Yes,No,Cancel= ippa innaa sollikeere nee
General protection fault = allam Gali
Access denied = Kai veche, keesiduven
Unrecoverable error = Bada bejaruma
Operation illegal = Bemani...Savugrakki...Kasmalam..

Anonymous said...

visit http://www.goodenglish.org.sg/ and read the speech by the chairman !

s0ulasylum said...

hey good crascourse in singlish for us! i wd keep wondering wht 'lah' was whenever we chatted, i guess now i understand! :) so how are classes n all girlie?? going well??

Archun said...

Wah lah!! Come the Singlish!! Preethi very brainy what?? hehe...different one!!
I s'pose the surprise is going to be UROP in Temasek labs eh??

Unknown said...

Chennai vara?? Correctaaaa? Hehheheeeee!

Venkatesh said...

eleh.. ethu namma tirunelveli basha leh..

the good thing should be either some fellowhsip / scholarship, internship, or some kind of ship.......

Anonymous said...

oii preethi...long time since i hit your blog(for that matter any blog)....eppadi iruke....i came here to see if you had done the tag ganesh passed on....its always interesting to read yours....seekarama pannu di :)...i too will do mine...

Krithika said...

hahah!!nice lah..(have I got it right :p ) so hows it going with the professor? :p

prithz said...

@ ajay:

:) Super fun time pass! Yeas!! :P

@ boss:

Yalo the!! Howdy??? sorry ma!! U guys oreddy the patent huh???

btw, how r pravrutha n rod??? no contacts wid them di :(

@ anonymous:

Apppaaaaaaaaa!!! yean pa??? inga vandhum advice ah??? cha!! plz stop the mokkais!!! :P

seri...indha forward long time back namba aathu "maaplai" (ashok) thandhadhu dhaane?? idhu skol mozhuka nan annike parapitene!!! :P ponnuku nalla madras thamizh teachin ah??? idho varean... me the goin to killings u will this language when i come home for vacation.. be ready!!! :)

@ s0ulasylum:

Haha!!! Good one!! its oki lah... now u no na.. so come the join!!! :) n yeah, studies goin on fine... next set of exams on their way.. come the attack only :'(

@ archun:

Alama... prithz no more brainy than archun wat... u the speak better singlish than us lah!!! :P

And keep guessin abt the gud news :)

@ karthik b.s.:

Chennai the comin.. for sure.. but that is not like dream come true types.. next guess kya hai tera???

@ dr.venkatesh:

Amaleh.. adhe madiri dhango!!

Hmm...cute guess :)

@ random thoughts:

Haha.. epdi di irruka?? nan super!!! col epdi pordhu??? stop the muzzzzzzicc panniya??? :P thoongariya nerathukku???

tag pandrean di.. idhoda 3 tags pending :'(

@ krithika:

BINGO!!! coreeta gabbunu pudichinta krithi...

prof ah.. andha comedy yean kekara.. avar naanga poona anniki, unnuro prof kooda beer adhika pora avasarathula, yeangala paathu, "Hi gals, hope u r doin fine.am in a hurry, will catya guys later" apdinu sollitu..oditaaru.. thappichomda saami nu naanga apete!!! :P

Krithika said...

hahahah..inime lah lah lah dan!

aparam enna unga prof seriyana thani party ah? :( anyway,namma range (seri atleast my range) kku paaka nalla irundha yaru vena wokayy! :p
enna solra?

Macho Girl said...

yalo the! Long time since I have come to your blog! Nice to see two posts waiting for me! :D

More than "its okay, lah", you should type "issok lah!" to get it right!!! And they don't say "cannot lah"... they say "canno lah!!!!" Don't you think so? ;)

And hey, don't forget the "neh mind neh mind" part :P

Looks like i am quite good at singlish! I oredi booked anusha's singlish book. The stats prof is mine!!!!! Muahahahaha!!!!

prithz said...

@ krithika:

Haha!!! seri.. that prof is sottai mandai, alridi married, wid kids.. and tames a few snakes at home i guess.. so how??? :P

@ macho girl:

Haiyooooooooooo.. NO NO NO.. i told u after prev stats lecture not to cross my way... plz.. u cant do this to me.. never never!! :((

Jus 'coz, u better than me in stats n singlish, u cant take the adv.... canno accept lah!! waicht, one day, u mite spot me wid him at grinning gecko, then u will know!!!

logic said...

slangs are very imp any communication..
fast..conveys exact feelings..
good one

gils said...

yeah...guess they've tuff time with letters 't' n 'r'...we had a trainer frm SGP...once he asked do we have ney ye installed in our systems...for close to ten minutes he was trying to explain wat is ney ye...finally i asked him to write it down..it was net eight configuration!!! slangs or no slangs...sgpians are hard workers lah...they never sleep i guess...

Venkatesh said...

dr. dr. nu, vitta enna oru hospital open panna vachuruveega polairukae.. paesame dr.KK hospitala serthuda vendiyathu than..

>> Amaleh.. adhe madiri dhango!!

Ennaga neenga nellaith tamilayum kovai tamilayum mix panni adikureegna..

aduthapula namma madurai tamil than bakki.. enna solrega?

Keshi said...

that title nearly choked me Prithz lol!

I so know that 'lah' language cos I have Singaporean friends :):) Cute!

Keshi.

prithz said...

@ logic:

Yeah!! true!! the intensity of the feelings are better expressed thru such slangs :D

@ gils:

ROTFL!!! Super comedy.. sometimes, lecture la yeannaku apdidhan aagum, i wil be blinkin and wondering wat the prof is tryin to say, aprama, pakathula irukara s'porean frnd kitta ketta ava solluva.. worsthu nu nanaichupen!!!

yeah, s'poreans n chinese are hard workers.. nalla mug um adipaanga.. muggin yeannaku suttu pootalum varathu, so only all the struggle.. :'(

@ venkatesh:

Haha!! good idea!!

Konjam over enthu la, namba ooru language ellam mix panniu, cocktail aaidhuthu.. plz adjusht!! :D frankly speaking, i dutn know which slang belongs to which city :(

@ keshi:

OOopppssyyy!! soory dear!! :(

anyways, glad u enjoyed it keshi girl!! :)

gils said...

oh all muggin gumbala...hmm...enaku pudicha subjectna pathu thadava padipen boringna konjam kashtam thaan..i mean for my teacher :) physicsla evlo formula kandu pudichen...ellathaiyum reject panitaanga...innoru newton uruvagarathu avangaluku pudikala...neeye sollu...avanga padichathukum ennoda formulakum tally aalaina..athuku naana porupu... ;)

Venkatesh said...

Some popular tamil accents:

eleh eppdileh irukay? - nellai
ennapu eppdi irukeega? - ramnad / madurai
ennanga eppdinga irukeenga? - kovai, ellathukum oru "inga" serthukukanum
enname eppdikeera?? - namma madras bashe

then there is (hard to write it)
- telugu accented
- malayalam accented
- kannada accented

Krithika said...

hahha..aiyoyo apo vendaem prithz..pesame apetu aagidu ;)

KK said...

Dis gal Singrish si beh
powderful wan. Hoh seh liao lah!
Dis Post informative lah!
Doh know why I late, Dis Post... Sorry lah :)
I enjoy Singlish oreddy lah! :)
Thanks Lah!! :)