Where did the time go this morning? Via Ceejbot, I found the International Dialects of English Archive, and have been listening to the voices and accents of people from all over the world, recorded reading a passage in English. I’ve listened to the accents of people from China, South Africa, Finland, Ghana, and Madagascar. Pity they haven’t recorded any Singaporean or Malaysian accents, although these days I think they are easy enough to come across by listening to podcasts!
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Singaporean lah, yeah loh, so many at the podcasts ah! I’ve been staying in Singapore for 10 years and somehow I miss all the lohs and lahs…
I know what you mean, Hoi, there’s something about all those lahs… đŸ™‚ I’m glad to be able to speak Manglish (Malaysian English) with my family.
Sometimes I slip and insert the odd lah into a sentence when talking with M – usually when I am really trying to make a point. I even found myself doing that with a colleague who is also originally from Malaysia, the other day đŸ™‚