'Singlish lah, bro,' he said.
SINGAPORE: Singlish doyen Dr Gwee Li Sui has suggested that Singlish tests should be made mandatory for citizenship applicants after Leader of the Opposition Pritam Singh advocated this week that an English test would be useful in assessing permanent immigration applications.
Singlish is a colloquial English-based language commonly spoken in Singapore that reflects the influence of multiple languages such as Malay, Mandarin, Tamil, and Hokkien, among others. Some responding to Dr Gwee’s comments said that Singlish may even be more inclusive to new citizens, while others said the time might have come for the socio-political commentator to finally set up a Singlish tuition centre.
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