The Leeter Spiaking Singlish Book 2: IDIOMS, Paperback / softback Book

The Leeter Spiaking Singlish Book 2: IDIOMS Paperback / softback

Part of the The Leeter Spiaking Singlish series

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Following on the success of his 2017 hit, Spiaking Singlish: A Companion to How Singaporeans Communicate, Gwee Li Sui is back with a series of three "Leeter" books covering the quintessential features of Singlish, Singapore's unofficial language - written in Singlish!In this second volume, we learn that Singlish is not just about lah and leh: "Singlish oso got idiom and proverbs wor.

Such kinds of expression make natural sense within a language and often cannot be translated without lugi-ing some depth.

Consider how much shiokness 'blur like sotong' and 'bak chew tak stamp' bring to a situation with people being tekanded.

Use 'pattern more than badminton', 'mee siam mai hum', or 'last time policeman wear shorts', and you'll have pecah lobang your true fewling on a matter without saying more."

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