Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Is Singlish having a moment (again)?
I guess it's a National Day thing.
First, we have Hossan Leong in Today:
Then we have this Time magazine article:
The Today article references Dr Gwee Li Sui as expected. I predicted in May that "any discussion about the Government’s policy on Singlish will henceforth have to namecheck Dr Gwee Li Sui". The Time article doesn't mention Dr Gwee by name - but dredges up Phua Chu Kang.
On top of all that, there's also this Jetstar thing.
Power sia!
EARLIER: Singlish debate redux: Dr Gwee Li Sui is the new Phua Chu Kang
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