English is the Language of the 'English Man'
Industrial Revolution and the British Raj spread English in length and breadth of Asia.
The beuty is that each of those countries that adopted the Language made their own contribution to English.
They added flavours of spelling,pronounciation, grammer( contradictions and exceptions),style of speaking and writing.
So we have Indian English as opposed to British or American English.
The Lion City 'roars' with 'Singlish'- because Singlish is spontaneous English !!-- it really makes you Roar with laughter !! Singa in Sanskrit means Lion.
So its Lion's English !!
There is also a movement to have good english in the city of Lion.
So we have banners/ads that show a Singlish sentence and a good english sentence hinting us to learn correct English.
The Monkey whenever see those ads thinks of Learning more Singlish than the Good English- it is said ' Mind is a Monkey' and Spontaniety is the hallmark of the Monkey !!
Good English may be learnt through efforts !!
Singlish over a period of time may vanish !!
After all it is human mind that decides whether a language should exist and if so in what form !!
Language of the Heart however continues subtly- For it is with out Language !!
1 comment:
*Giggles* I enjoyed reading through this entry.
(And thanks for the kind words on my own blog. :D )
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