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Romancing the language : a writer's lasting love affair with English /

Anecdotes of the Singaporean author.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lim, Catherine (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions, [2018]
Subjects:
Lim, Catherine > Anecdotes.
Lim, Catherine.
Authors, Singaporean > Anecdotes.
English language > Anecdotes.
English language > Humor.
Authors, Singaporean.
English language.
Anecdotes.
Humor.
Table of Contents:
  • Mother tongue
  • Head over heels
  • The daffodil syndrome
  • A murder of crows? A kettle of hawks?
  • A girl named bamboo
  • Singlish? "Certainly not!" "Aiyah, Okay, Lah!"
  • The price that was paid
  • Lost (delightfully) in translation
  • English grammar inspires a tale
  • Cursing in Hokkien, cursing in English
  • Singapore, for better or for verse
  • Ah, the treachery of the English language
  • I am liking Indian English!
  • The Cinderella story thrice retold
  • Linguicide
  • English wit at its best
  • The delightful limerick
  • The language of irony
  • Of Goldilocks, Midas, Jezebel, Dr. Pangloss and many more
  • The cheeky preposition
  • An apology.