# Ask the Singaporean guy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 27, 2004, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-singaporean-guy/242287 "2004-04-27T15:30:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-singaporean-guy/242287/61 "2004-04-30T06:22:31Z")
wah so many people, why no one tell me got party here? ^^ i am singaporean and closer to average than cream of the crop with regards to the english language, so i’ll start by nitpicking the singlish… hehehe > [@jjimm](#): > > Why you so like that, la? ‘la’ is from the chinese ‘啦’. you don’t use it for a question, so it’s should be ‘oi, why you so like dat?’ or change it to an imperative, ‘dun be so like dat la~’. > [@Tabby\_Cat](#): > > … It’s from a dialect of Chinese that’s quite widespread in Singapore, Hokkien. Literally, it means > > wah = my > lau = penis > eh = “amplifier”. > > So, it basically means, “Oh, my dick!” Charming. ^^;; … lan = penis, while lau = meaningless polite version. > [@dangergene](#): > > … Alternately (and amusingly) some folks (mostly men apparently) may insist on using ‘WAH CHEE’ (‘my vagina’). My brother-in-law says this, which prompted me to ask him if he had a vagina and his wife had a vagina then, prithee tell, how did they conceive a child? B-in-L looked at me ascance while wife went white with shock then red as she started laughing. and yes, B-in-L still says, ‘Wah Chee’, he ‘caught no ball’ (local term for being whooshed). … vagina ~ chee bye wah ~ I / oh (exclaimation) wah lao eh, chao chee bye! ~ oh man, what a smelly cunt! ‘wah chee bye!’ ~ oh cunt! ‘caught no ball’ should be ‘catch no ball’. no messing with the tenses here. so ‘wah’ in this case is an exclaimation rather than ‘I’. i’m being whooshed of course, but i am free to ignore that while nitpicking. ^^ > [@elbows](#): > > … But what I really, really want to know is whatever possessed them to tear down the Satay Club? … a vision of a giant durian in its stead? ugh. ---
**Author:** ![dangergene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dangergene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangergene)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-singaporean-guy/242287/62 "2004-04-30T07:22:29Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > a vision of a giant durian in its stead? ugh. That’s no Durian, those are giant fly’s eyes! hey, we really do have a party here, don’t we? So how many now? ``` Me! Aankh Shijinn Tabbycat's not here, but he still counts. ``` damn, I know there were more! ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-singaporean-guy/242287/63 "2004-04-30T19:04:56Z")
heh, that’s just enough for a _mahjongdope_, or something… ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-singaporean-guy/242287/64 "2004-04-30T21:31:38Z")
> [@shijinn](#): > > heh, that’s just enough for a _mahjongdope_, or something… If you guys don’t mind playing mahjong over the internet, that is. ^^;; ---
**Author:** ![BonoVox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@BonoVox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BonoVox)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-singaporean-guy/242287/65 "2004-04-30T21:44:31Z")
Is it true that thre are pirate radio stations where rival gangs challenge other gangs to fight by insulting them with rap songs? ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-singaporean-guy/242287/66 "2004-04-30T23:37:52Z")
> [@BonoVox](#): > > Is it true that thre are pirate radio stations where rival gangs challenge other gangs to fight by insulting them with rap songs? What?! I’m sorry, you’re gonna have to provide me with a link for this one, I have no idea what you might even be thinking about. That aside, Singaporean gangs? Rap? Um, not gonna happen. :: imagines average Singaporean thuggee rapping :: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![BonoVox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@BonoVox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BonoVox)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-singaporean-guy/242287/67 "2004-04-30T23:55:31Z")
I don’t have a link, it was something sent to me by an ex. Its called Kuntong VS Compuek. I have the MP3, just no way to send it. I have no idea what they are saying. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-singaporean-guy/242287/68 "2004-05-01T10:17:39Z")
> [@BonoVox](#): > > I don’t have a link, it was something sent to me by an ex. Its called Kuntong VS Compuek. I have the MP3, just no way to send it. I have no idea what they are saying. Ah. I see… it’s a joke mp3. 🙂 [Here](http://netradio-sisunion.sinfree.net/WHT4BC.tmp.html), if you scroll down or do a search for Compuek, you will find that the “artist” is named “ah beng”, which is kind of like a generic name for an ordinary “gangster” or “hick”, maybe a bit like Joe Q Public, except with less class. ^^;; You can also find, just above the compuek entry, a song by the same “artist”, “Unchained melody”. Now, this one I have heard, and it’s basically a direct translation in Hokkien over the original song, which is absolutely hillarious because of the inherent crudeness of the language (Hokkien was, after all, a labourer’s language in Singapore) combined with the elegant English lyrics and melody - I suppose you’d have to be a native to understand it. 😛 Bottom line: I think it’s a “joke” mp3. ^^;; ---
**Author:** ![BonoVox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@BonoVox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BonoVox)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2004, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-singaporean-guy/242287/69 "2004-05-01T18:05:48Z")
Are there translations anywhere? I play it when I want to annoy people. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2004, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-singaporean-guy/242287/70 "2004-05-02T09:41:54Z")
> [@BonoVox](#): > > Are there translations anywhere? I play it when I want to annoy people. Eh, I’m pretty sure not. I’m not even too sure I can trranslate it myself, my Hokkien is far from top notch. In any case, the translation will probably have to be from a Singaporean, because of all the “Singaporeanisms” that aren’t in pure Hokkien, such as Malay words and things like that. But I’m sure it serves it’s purpose well enough without a translation. ^^;; [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-singaporean-guy/242287.md?page=3)