Marketing Singlish in Singapore

 

The flag of Singapore, bordered, to show the white of the flag against the white of a computer's or mobile's screen.

Angela Lansbury by the pool in a Singapore condo, November 2022. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

Today a Singaporean friend told me, "I won't be swimming at the weekend, when the pool is crowded. Instead I shall be marketing."

I replied, "You are working? At the weekend? Marketing what?" 

She replied, "Not working. Shopping. At the market."

I relayed this story to my husband. I said, "Singaporeans have shortened the sentence, and changed the meaning of the English."

"No," replied my husband. "Marketing originally meant buying in the market. We in Britain have changed the English word to mean selling."

Angela Lansbury in cap in the colours of the Union Jack flag of UK.

If you want to swim in Singapore, many hotels have pools. When my son and daughter-in-law came to Singapore, they spent a night at the Marina Bay Sands hotel which has an infinity pool on top of Singapore's landmark triple towers. 

Singapore has new underground railway stations which I have written about in my other posts. You hear English and Chinese (Mandarin) as well as Malay and Tamil recorded announcements, in the four official languages of Singapore, on the stations and trains.

I have several posts on Singlish and American English and British English. Please share links to your favourite posts.

This post is

https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2022/11/marketing-singlish.html

Useful Websites

SINGLISH

https://thehoneycombers.com/singapore/singlish-101/

https://expatliving.sg/you-ang-moh-how-to-speak-singlish/

http://www.mysmu.edu/faculty/jacklee/singlish_K.htm

http://www.mysmu.edu/faculty/jacklee/singlish_T.htm

Travel to Singapore

Singapore Tourism Board

https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK

https://www.stb.gov.sg/content/stb/en.html