Sunday, September 12, 2004
occupational hazard.
I duno y but i get agitated by crappy english alot. Mayb bcoz i'm tiching english now, mayb bcoz i'm dat anal, mayb bcoz i'm juz over-reacting. It's not the lack of vocab or the inability to use big words dat irks mi, but rather, the incapability to form a grammatically correct sentence n spell those elementary words properly, xcluding abbreviations.
It's not like my english is so abso-fab dat i can sit here n diss fellow frenz but i do pride myself in my ability to speak n write decent english at the veri least. I was thoroughly disturbed after reading a fellow fren's blog, of whom i shan't divulge for the sake of politically-correctness, probly cept dat it's a He. By virtue of his undergrad status, I wud at least expect him to b able to spell "Opposing" instead of "Oppositing" or "Honour" instead of "Houor"; i wud like to gif him the benefit of the doubt if not for the fact dat his "typos" wud stimes appear more than once in the blog, spelt in the exact same wrong way.
It is almoz too impossible to overlook his repeated absurd blunders when all of us r exposed to the same educational system all dis while. His incompetency made mi wonder if there is some hole or cave in Singapore a kid cud hide away in, frm the educational system, which i didnt noe abt coz if there is, i bet my arse he was there. Wad cud b worse than being lousy in stg n tinking "Actually i'm not dat bad", i quote him. I swear i was so tempted to tell him "Ya ur english is not dat bad, it's very, VERY bad...n do stg abt it sucker!" M i over-reacting? Do i sound like his mother? Is dis reli any of my bleddy business? Can i stop being so cynical? But, wad if i point out dat we wud all b categorized under the same big caption of "Graduates" in future, juxtaposing YOU n pple like HIM (read: Person with reli bad English, but who made it to Uni nvrthessless n tinks his weakness is not fatal therefore, indifferent to improving himself) in the face of reputation?
I wud b veri much less cheesed off if not for his accompanying huge ego. Not only does he tinks he is better than the rest of the population juz bcoz he made it to Uni via Poly, he dismisses anybody who tries to correct him. He wud reply wif an attitude dat reeks of scorn n sarcasm, totally dripping wif R-U-kidding-me and Y-shd-i-listen-to-u intonation. Tok abt self-denial.
Dun get all uptight nxt time u r speaking english wif mi juz bcoz of the holler. I'm not s arrogant s dis entry wud make mi sound like. I dun hv a fantastic command of english s well, so feel free to continue feeding mi wif Singlish n other funny puns. But i'm contemplating if i shd delete his blog off my list..it's a chore to decipher nonsensical sentences U noe.
¶ J poppycocked at 5:05:00 PM
It's not like my english is so abso-fab dat i can sit here n diss fellow frenz but i do pride myself in my ability to speak n write decent english at the veri least. I was thoroughly disturbed after reading a fellow fren's blog, of whom i shan't divulge for the sake of politically-correctness, probly cept dat it's a He. By virtue of his undergrad status, I wud at least expect him to b able to spell "Opposing" instead of "Oppositing" or "Honour" instead of "Houor"; i wud like to gif him the benefit of the doubt if not for the fact dat his "typos" wud stimes appear more than once in the blog, spelt in the exact same wrong way.
It is almoz too impossible to overlook his repeated absurd blunders when all of us r exposed to the same educational system all dis while. His incompetency made mi wonder if there is some hole or cave in Singapore a kid cud hide away in, frm the educational system, which i didnt noe abt coz if there is, i bet my arse he was there. Wad cud b worse than being lousy in stg n tinking "Actually i'm not dat bad", i quote him. I swear i was so tempted to tell him "Ya ur english is not dat bad, it's very, VERY bad...n do stg abt it sucker!" M i over-reacting? Do i sound like his mother? Is dis reli any of my bleddy business? Can i stop being so cynical? But, wad if i point out dat we wud all b categorized under the same big caption of "Graduates" in future, juxtaposing YOU n pple like HIM (read: Person with reli bad English, but who made it to Uni nvrthessless n tinks his weakness is not fatal therefore, indifferent to improving himself) in the face of reputation?
I wud b veri much less cheesed off if not for his accompanying huge ego. Not only does he tinks he is better than the rest of the population juz bcoz he made it to Uni via Poly, he dismisses anybody who tries to correct him. He wud reply wif an attitude dat reeks of scorn n sarcasm, totally dripping wif R-U-kidding-me and Y-shd-i-listen-to-u intonation. Tok abt self-denial.
Dun get all uptight nxt time u r speaking english wif mi juz bcoz of the holler. I'm not s arrogant s dis entry wud make mi sound like. I dun hv a fantastic command of english s well, so feel free to continue feeding mi wif Singlish n other funny puns. But i'm contemplating if i shd delete his blog off my list..it's a chore to decipher nonsensical sentences U noe.
¶ J poppycocked at 5:05:00 PM