Could you say or write any of them? Do you think you understand them? What do you think they mean?
# Let's buy some food home! (Singapore)
# Don't smoke without causing an explosion! (South Wales)
# AIDS is very popular in Africa. (Hong Kong)
# My hair needs washed. (Scotland, Northern Ireland, parts of USA)
# Whenever my baby was born I was 26. (Northern Ireland)
# Her outlook is very beautiful. (Hong Kong)
# John smokes a lot anymore. (Mid-West USA)
# I am difficult to study. (Hong Kong)
# I might could do it. (Scotland, Northern England, India, parts of USA)
# My name is spelt with four alphabets. (Singapore)
# You must beware of your handbag! (Hong Kong)
# We'll be there nine while ten. (Lancashire, Yorkshire)
# He loves his car than his girlfriend. (India, parts of Africa)
# Come here till I punch you! (Ireland, Liverpool, Cumbria, parts of Scotland)
# I'm after losing my ticket. (Ireland)
# My brother helps me with my studies and so do my car. (Hong Kong)
# I use to live there now. (Singapore)
# My grandfather died for a long time. (Hong Kong)
# I am having a nice car. (India, Singapore)
# I'll give it him. (Northern England (standard))
# Robots can do people not like jobs. (Hong Kong (low proficiency))
Are you surprised to hear then the following sentences are considered `bad English,' or not even used at all, in some other English speaking countries? [Can someone please confirm this!!?]
# Essendon is winning most of its games.
# If he'd suggested that, they may not have lost the election.
# If the car didn't break down, we'd have been on time.
# His score of 50 was his highest since he made 45 two years ago.
BY Dr. Mark Newbrook, Linguistics Department, Monash University, Australia
I have the same experience with an Aussie when I asked him to 'gostan' his car. He looked at me dumbfounded when I have to explain our 'gostan' is a short version of 'go astern'. And he said: "You guys are pecker than the Kiwis."
ReplyDelete"gostan" is as good as "Mat Salleh",truly Malaysia !
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