Singlish.
It’s the language we speak at coffee shops, with friends and family, and with uncles and aunties in taxis.
If you’re not familiar with it, watch this video to the end first:
While it’s been acknowledged in academia as a proper creole language with its own unique grammatical and syntactical structures, there’s still a stigma attached to it, due to the “corrupted English” label that has repeatedly been slapped on it over the years.
So, when someone from abroad speaks and validates this cultural treasure, it’ll naturally put a smile on our face.
Especially if they’re really good at it.
Polish Woman’s Singlish Video Won the Internet; Singlish is Better Than Some of Us
A Polish woman has gone viral on social media for using Singlish while ordering an ice-cream sandwich.
The video, which was shared by TikToker Mamiczka just three days ago, has already been viewed over 290,000 times.
The 13-second video starts out with the woman ordering an ice cream sandwich in near-perfect Singlish, with the right intonation and appropriate use of the word “one”.
“Hello uncle, I want the bread one, how much ah?” she said.
The uncle, who must have been stunned, replied, “$1.30.”
As if that wasn’t impressive enough, the TikToker then topped it off by describing how tasty the dessert sandwich was, in the most Singaporean way possible: “Mmm, ice cream with bread, very shiok!” she said.
Commenters were certainly impressed with the woman’s command of Singlish, with one of them saying that she’s “one of us”.
You can watch the full video below:
@mamiczka Trying ice cream with bread for the first time! Shiok #singapore #singaporetiktok #singaporeimagine #singlish
Has Been in Singapore For Just a Year
A quick scroll through Mamiczka shows that the Pole often uses Singlish in her videos. In one video, she revealed that she had been in Singapore for a year.
More importantly, she also revealed that she’s a big fan of Bak Kut Teh:
@mamiczka I tell u ah #singapore #singlish
“Aiya I tell you ah, the bak kut teh here very shiok,” she said.
She also knows exactly what to tell the coffee shop uncles and aunties in case she can’t finish her food:
@mamiczka Don’t waste food! #singapore #singaporetiktok #singlish #wheretoeat #tiktoksg
“Cannot finish the food, better daobao. Don’t waste ah!”.
The TikToker is certainly popular on the platform, with nearly 665,000 followers and 6.4 million likes.
In addition to flaunting her Singlish skills, Mamiczka has also demonstrated that there are some similarities between the Singlish and Polish languages.
@mamiczka How to say fabric in polish? #singlish #singlishchallenge #singapore #singaporetiktok #polish #polishgirl #language #languagelearning
In one of these videos, she notes that tkanina (said with a silent “t”) means fabric, whereas in Singlish it means f-
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Featured Image: TikTok (@Mamiczka)