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Can lah: how Singlish is detecting its voice in Singapore’s language story

Sat, Jun 13 · 4:00 AM UTC 2 min read

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When Natasha Ann Lum was growing up, there was no place for Singlish, an English-based creole language in Singapore, at home.

When Natasha Ann Lum was growing up, there was no place for Singlish – an English-based creole language in Singapore – at home.

Her father was adamant that Lum and her brother not speak with broken grammar or use conversational markers such as “lah”, “lor” or “eh”.