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Apr. 21st, 2012 20:44Friday April 20, 2012. In the unlikely event I write a story set in Singapore, I'll need much help with getting Singlish right. To begin with, what's the distinction between "lah" and "laaah?"
"Come’on uncles, can have vBeers facing Marina Bay and talk, lah? Can-can?
Location: OverEasy
Address: #01-06, 1 Fullerton Rd, One Fullerton, Singapore
Date: 26/04/2012
Time: 18:30
There’s 1-for-1 happy hour, 5:00-8:00pm . So make a move quick, laaah!"
Note for Singaporeans: If you're determined to write US dialog, I might be able and willing to help. My native dialect is Hudson Valley. I'm also familiar with the New York Metropolitan Dialect (though my knowledge is somewhat out of date) and currently manage to cope with Minnesotan.
***Local government has long been the place where ambitious politicians seek to get themselves in the shop window, so to speak, but there are limits it seems.
Helena Torry’s face remained expressionless as election officials disqualified her from standing in the upcoming council elections in the Hazlehead, Ashley and Queens Cross ward in Aberdeen.
Her crime? Being a mannequin.
The mannequin’s election agent, 63-year-old Renee Slater has been charged by Grampian Police under the Section 65 part 2A of 1983 Representation of the People Act, concerned with forging ballot papers, and is scheduled to appear in court in the near future.
“It has been brought to my attention that Helena Torry, for whom a nomination paper was submitted for the Hazlehead, Ashley and Queens Cross ward, does not exist,” said the red faced returning officer, Valerie Watts. “I am, therefore, republishing the Notice of Poll for that ward, deleting the reference to the fake candidate.”
“This is a very serious and unusual step to take but is necessary to ensure that the interests of the genuine candidates and voters are protected, and that the election can take place on May 3.
http://is.gd/YLZ4wk
"Come’on uncles, can have vBeers facing Marina Bay and talk, lah? Can-can?
Location: OverEasy
Address: #01-06, 1 Fullerton Rd, One Fullerton, Singapore
Date: 26/04/2012
Time: 18:30
There’s 1-for-1 happy hour, 5:00-8:00pm . So make a move quick, laaah!"
Note for Singaporeans: If you're determined to write US dialog, I might be able and willing to help. My native dialect is Hudson Valley. I'm also familiar with the New York Metropolitan Dialect (though my knowledge is somewhat out of date) and currently manage to cope with Minnesotan.
***Local government has long been the place where ambitious politicians seek to get themselves in the shop window, so to speak, but there are limits it seems.
Helena Torry’s face remained expressionless as election officials disqualified her from standing in the upcoming council elections in the Hazlehead, Ashley and Queens Cross ward in Aberdeen.
Her crime? Being a mannequin.
The mannequin’s election agent, 63-year-old Renee Slater has been charged by Grampian Police under the Section 65 part 2A of 1983 Representation of the People Act, concerned with forging ballot papers, and is scheduled to appear in court in the near future.
“It has been brought to my attention that Helena Torry, for whom a nomination paper was submitted for the Hazlehead, Ashley and Queens Cross ward, does not exist,” said the red faced returning officer, Valerie Watts. “I am, therefore, republishing the Notice of Poll for that ward, deleting the reference to the fake candidate.”
“This is a very serious and unusual step to take but is necessary to ensure that the interests of the genuine candidates and voters are protected, and that the election can take place on May 3.
http://is.gd/YLZ4wk