multiracial.

as i was in the train to work today,
i heard dis ORD-ed guy talking another.
and he said dis sentence which amused me for a while.
"they confirm tekan them until hen jialat one sia."

in that short statement,
there're actually 3 languages and 1 dialect!
if singapore was working towards racial harmony,
PAP, you've scored an A!

english - they, confirm, them, until
mandarin - hen, de
malay - tekan, sia
hokkien - jialat

the beauty of singlish..

and another classic case of hybrid,
inspired by ms ruth foo!
but hers only has english and mandarin,
let's see.

"dad, ni de credit card is with me."
"dad, ni later yao bu yao chi lunch."

in her case, its not so much of deliberate harmony.
neither was she trying to be funny.
it JUST happened that her mandarin is err,
hmm..