Singlish is okay, bad English isn't

• Clivebenss

  7 Apr 11, 06:15

  Apr 7, 2011 - ST Forum

  I FEEL compelled to express my abhorrence of the use of bad English in MediaCorp's forthcoming quiz show 'We Are Singaporeans' - that is, if the trailers are anything to go by.

  It appears to me that the use of bad English is the only tried and tested medium to improve viewership numbers.

  I have nothing against Singlish, but surely a line must be drawn at bad English?

  MediaCorp has a social and moral responsibility to all viewers to ensure that the standard of English is maintained in all its programmes.

  Nicholas Aw

• likeyou

  7 Apr 11, 07:39

  Lets get this straight.

  Singlish is Singlish.

  English is English.

  Dont lump both together.

• Clivebenss

  7 Apr 11, 13:05