wildcard1992

Hi Erik!

Are there any 'obscure' accents that you know of? I had a Welsh lecturer the other day and found his accent really unique.

Also I'm from Singapore, is there anything cool you can tell me about my accent?

There's no such thing as an accent that's 'better' or 'more correct' than another (when we're talking about native speakers of a language variety).

I agree! There has been a lot of pressure from the government to cut down on Singlish and 'clean up' our accents. I think the way we speak is really unique and we shouldn't repress it at all.

I'd say my dialect normally lies somewhere between mesolect and acrolect. I speak a more Chinese/Eurasian form of the accent with a tiny hints of Malay, if that makes any sense.

It's always surprising when you see a Chinese person in sg and they speak to you like an ang moh. I totally get caught off guard. You're like, the opposite of me. I look caucasian but I speak Singlish which throws people off. Sometimes I toss in a little bit of Mandarin/Hokkien just to fuck with people.

It's so weird that there's the official stance by the government for us to "speak good English", and then there's social stigma against sounding like a westerner. You can't really win with these people.

BUT HE SAID THERE WAS A RIVER

I've met a few people like that. They usually end up sounding kind of American, probably due to the ubiquity of American media.