Was at not-young town the other day, and i tossed a casual remark to the waitress 'I added in some orders'. The said waitress gave me a somewhat blur look before confirming my orders in Mandarin.
After she left, someone asked 'Why did you speak to her in English?' Well..the waitress did not exactly look like someone who didn't understand ang moh..and well, i'm in bloody Singapore and English is our official common language..
No..i'm not adding on to the debate about how a lot of service staff cannot converse in english these days..this is my blog remember? i'm not those who blog about the current affairs or comment about the latest UN policies..I'm going to blog about ME..
For those who know me, i'm definitely not a 'kantang'..right? In the first place, i'm not very conscious of whether i'm speaking ang moh or cheena to others(maybe i'm truly bilingual..hee!) But i've received enough comments/queries on how i seemed to speak angmoh more than i do cheena to wonder about it..do i really??
And if i do, is it really very surprising?
It's not like i speak in some slang..nor do i speak in the Queen's english..yes, i do converse with quite a number of friends in angmoh but i'm sure they're all comfortable with that..in fact, a lot of their ang moh is more powderful than mine..and more often that not, i speak in broken ang moh 'later go where to eat leh?'
Btw, if a person speaks in broken ang moh all the time, will the person be considered kantang??
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