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Same here. All of my family speaks fluent english! Could be because we’re Peranakan Chinese. And I don’t have a fake American accent either, it’s what I grew up speaking and listening to.
I'm a Singaporean but I grew up abroad. When I came back to Singapore, people thought I was trying to be cool by speaking differently and called me "atas". People shouldn't be judged by their accents, language is a way of communicating and if you speak it with the correct grammar and vocabulary then it shouldn't be a problem.
I agree with you, at first if you speak differently, we are feeling atas compare to other people. It seems like, there is no perfection of an english accent we communicate wirh others.
You can try to speak to an Indian from India who speaks Indian accent then you know how Angmo finds it difficult to communicate with Singaporean who speak strong Singapore accent which is flat in tone ,set aside the Singlish words, just the sound)
actually i feel that u r more of a proper english speaker than a different accent speaker. The accent is not too strong but english is definitely well spoken.
@ Lol King, just look at the video above. Fauzi speaks good English with no discernible accent, yet some of the respondents insist that he does. Fauzi (intelligent on his part) then ask them what accent he has and they came up with some lame answer like "TV accent." Lol.
Lol King have you heard our Singlish? It’s atrocious, embarrassing to say the least. Who would believe that the first language of Singapore is English.
I honestly think Fauzi has the typical oral examinations accent. I always speak that way unconsciously during my oral examinations 😅 (the reading aloud part)
Zirul98 hate to be 'that' person but technically everyone has an accent. his is the standard accent we're familiar with from the media. like a relaxed American accent with the influence from Singlish. when he speaks Malay, the Singlish is more noticeable. Either way, I still like hearing him talk lol
StarSaphire9981 Same! I have different accents for different people/situations. I just got called out for being fake on a youtube comment. But in reality, all my friends like my ang moh accent, even my teachers are confused if I'm raised in America.
Same! I'm not being fake, I just want to be able to speak proper English and not in a recognised or easily understood accent. I'm not trying to be someone else, it's still me, just speaking differently, like in a subtle brit/aus accent! Why judge?
When we speak with our Singaporean accent, it sounds to me like were always being crude, and like one interviewee said, it's very sharp, so I try to change it. My friends either are cool with my accent, like it, or don't notice it, and I'm glad.
I'm Singaporean but I have an American-ish accent because I grew up abroad and I often feel uncomfortable whenever I go back to Singapore. People would just constantly give me weird looks but I am proud of Singlish and I think it's amazing
Just don't care about others ok, Just be comfortable with your self. That's what I do,I speak with some accent because my dad's taught me eversince I was young
Hi sy teo, i can really understand how you are feeling. I am growing up here in singapore, i had neither go abroad study nor have known Caucasian person but i am always speaking leftout from others. Just be yourself. Dont mind how other people judge you as.
I actually code switch a lot without me noticing it unless someone points it out to me. Like I really adapt to how the person's is sounding like & sometimes when I realize it, its like i got split personality or something xP
Singlish is actually so unique that when i went to Denmark with friends and was talking to them in English but with Singlish accent, they were like "what language is that?" and we were surprised because we didn't know Singlish was THAT distinct.
fauzi speaks standard english. it's easy for people to understand him bc he pronounces things properly. but i'm sure westerners will definitely pick up that he's not from US/UK. He still retains a little bit of a singaporean accent still without the singlish flairs.
Sorry, Fauzi does not speak Standard English, aka the Queen's English which is similar to James Bond or members of the Royal Family kind of English. His English is more North American but much milder (without specific regional accent) to blend into Singaporean's accent. His speech would be easily comprehensible by both native and non-native speakers.
I’m a Singaporean and I have been living in Australia for 2 years now. I tell you, my accent when I speak English confirm not like the Singaporean. I live in Australia for 2 years, I speak with my friends in school with an accent. Then, I come home my accent switch back to the local Singaporean. I talk to my brothers all with the Singaporean accent. I even say the la, leh, Lor, the Wah lah and wah biang all this kind of stuff la. My family also talk like singaporean accent within our family. But when with other people, Wah, I tell you ah, our accent automatic switch back to the ang moh accent. Since I’m more comfortable talking Singlish with my family and close family friends in Australia since most of my family friends are from Singapore so they say Singlish I understand. At least I have family friends who are Singaporean so I can be more comfortable with who I am.
Even Singlish have various style depending on your ethnicity ... Your Singlish is Chinese influenced .. My Singlish has more Malay influences.. And our Indian brothers have distinct Tamil, Hindi or Urdu influences in their Singlish.. Imagine Phua Chu Kang, Jojo Joget and Uncle Muthu sitting together in one room talking to each other, that is Singapore Singlish at work..
I love how having been born and raised mostly in Australia, and living in Singapore for 4 years, it did not take me too long to adapt and understand what my teachers, friends and classmates were saying in English and adapted to the lingo. And then moving back to Australia it kind of mostly went away almost immediately because it's an entirely different environment here. However, because I was 9 when I moved to sg and 13 when I moved back to Australia and the last last time I visited Singapore was in 2015, when I visited in April 2018, it took me a little longer to get back into understanding and being able to understand people. Although, because I'm Aussie, I do speak quicker than others, according to a whole bunch of Singaporeans at least, so it can be hard to understand us as well. We are all so oblivious to our own accents it's funny.
It's like... the more professional sounding Singaporean accent hahaha... you know... it's just how in school, when we speak with our friends, we have a more casual tone, and more distinct usage of Singlish, but when presenting in front of a class or audience, we automatically adapt a more "lyrical" and engaging tone and more professional grasp of English.
I’m fully Singaporean yet I have an American accent. I don’t even know how. Maybe I watched too many Western shows? Anyway I never realized I had an accent until my new classmates told me, “Walau eh you sound like an American! Wait wait wait say something I wanna record and send to an American friend of mine!” That’s when I realized I had an accent. The strange thing is, my parents can barely speak English since they came from China. So I never figured out where I got my accent. It really helps to have an “Angmoh” accent when taking oral exams since the examiners can hear you better and they will be impressed (sort of?). I am proud of my accent even though some people seem to think I’m weird (like I don’t speak Singlish at all and can’t understand Malay even though it is so widely used in Singapore.) I literally have trouble understanding Singlish at times even though I was born in Singapore. I have been working on it.
Isit possible tht u went to an international sch in sg? Some international sch in sg hav more ang mo/foreign students. U might hav picked it up from there (?)
I don't think a lot of people in the comment section know the difference between speaking proper English and having an accent. Proper English: correct grammar, clear pronunciation. I consider singlish/manglish to be more of a dialect than an accent. Idk but I think those two are different things. Accent : WE ALL HAVE ACCENTS. Americans don't think they have accents, but they do. It's the same case with Singaporeans/Malaysians. We are a product of our surrounding UNLESS when they say he doesn't have accent, they mean he doesn't have a foreign or non-Singaporean accent. Then I will feel dumb
This is quite an interesting take. Perhaps we conflate the two. Perhaps the added singlish terms are more like a singaporean dialect, whereas the intonation is the singaporean accent. Most singaporeans speak proper english with a moderate-heavy singaporean accent in official situations (sidenote: radio deejays/tv presenters would use a lighter singaporean accent or for some individual cases, put on either a more british standard or american standard accent...it really depends on the scale/degree of it... personally i prefer if tv presenters/radio deejays/hosts use a light singaporean accented proper english as compared to putting on a foreign accent), whereas they add singlish terms (the dialect) in a very casual setting (at the hawker, with friends,etc). Going by your viewpoint, in Fauzi's case, he's speaking standard english with a light singaporean accent (as opposed to a heavily Singaporean-accented one), and no singaporean dialect terms like lah, leh, paiseh, shiok, etc).
@@kaisasong1332 Which part of England shall we use as role models? London? Oxford? Liverpool? Manchester? Birmingham.. English people have hard times understanding their own regional accents.. Yes.. Even English people have different accents when speaking English..
I lived overseas for 36 years. When I return to Singapore, I can’t lose the way I speak overseas. It is awkward for me and awkward for those who had to listen to me. I like singlish because it is Singapore’s unique feature. However, Singaporeans must be flexible to switch to international English when needed and I think most Singaporeans are perfectly capable of doing that.
Anyone will have an accent...even native speaker...you should realised American accent and British accent are completely different...so the word "accent" itself is neutral....the only reason people are feeling superior /inferior is due the strength of the country the accent associated with. Ppl laugh at Chinese /Indian accent because these two countries were used to be poor
Good way of thinking. It's like when angmoh speak Chinese in their heavy accent, nobody think they're inferior. As long as they can speak a sentence or two, people get blown away. Because Asians view westerners as superior. And if they learn our language we already felt honoured enough.
There's no wrong with accent, but Singlish is not only with accent, it's a creole language, means that a mixture of different languages. This will cause some barriers when communicating with people outside Singapore. For instance it's more like an Indian speaking English mixed with Tamil.
I believe as a lot of people have said too - upbringing. If you have all local friends or do you have friends from around the world. Do you watch a lot of local tv, or are your main entertainment American or British. Of course, if you're going to spend your time talking to/watching a lot of caucasians then naturally your accent or style of speaking will generally change. Being a Singapore I think most people are able to code-switch, Singlish isn't just an accent but more of the combination of words we use.
I personally find that you are very articulate rather than having an accent. On a side note, I grew up overseas away from SG and growing up in an International School then, meant that you were bound to pick up an accent regardless. I cannot stressed enough how I was picked on and judged by fellow singaporeans in an MRT/or public places for being articulate in English with an accent- Some openly gossip thinking that you were a show-off and being “unnatural” ; At times, I get tired of explaining that I have been away for over 16 years from home. I am so relieved to see this video! This could perhaps spread awareness to many Singaporeans like me who have struggled with similar situations. I am also relieved that many of our fellow singaporeans in the video have equally agreed that they do not mind singaporeans with a foreign accent in the case that its natural. On the contrary, I believed it’s always best to stay humble if you are one with an accent so as to not make the other person feel uncomfortable.
Adelaide Ang actually you are quite wrong because, as a Malaysian, I have never come across someone who could not speak English. Also, although Singapore is a more developed country, you could still find people who can not speak English.
Isn't that cus singaporeans have more tourists/foreigners? Im pretty sure the ppl u find who can't speak english are those ppl. But seriously, legit EVERYONE in ur country can speak english? U sure not?
i grew up with an angmoh accent and a lot of people have asked me if i’m really singaporean. the accents just kinda came to me one day??? i don’t know what happened lol
I live in Canada but my parents are Singaporean (Malay). It's weird when I hear them talk I don't hear a Singapore accent but all my friends say they have an accent. To me they sound like Americans. I want to learn the Singapore accent but have a hard time.
I do code switching alot.. practically everyday.. grew up in singapore for 10 years Australia for 10. outside i speak like how the aussies do at home i speak singlish to my parents. whenever i go back to visit old friends I naturally speak to them in singlish just because it wouldnt be weird for either of us. I used to think my code switching happened because of the people im talking to, but when i met some Singaporeans in uni surrounded by aussie accents for some reason my brain didnt let me switch. likewise in sg when people tell me to speak like how i do in au my brain doesnt let me do it and it seems forced. so I think this code switching personally is more because of social setting and what i hear around me rather than who im talking to.
黃威龍 1 秒前 A language is for communication. It does not really matter what accents we have when we speak, as long as others could understand what we are trying to say. That is enough! We all have our own accents and there is no prefer English in the world as it is quite subjective. Even Americans also have accents. Some people fancy it while some people do not. A proper grammar absolutely does make you sound more well-educated but accents definitely not really make you sound uneducated. Finally and most importantly, we are ASIAN!!! We have our own cultures and languages. Being able to speak other's language is already so capable than those Caucasians who can only speak no more than English. Why do we set ourselves such a high threshold? Why don't we expect them to learn and speak our languages? If they do speak our languages, they would also have accents. Unfortunately, how many of them could speak the Asian languages??? Shouldn't we feel proud of our selves?
I think something that people don’t realise is that since we are young we all watch tv shows and movies overseas and we pick it up and use it as our “pro English” that we use to speak to strangers and foreigners. At the same time, although most Singaporeans speak Singlish, our radio dj’s all have an accent (be it English, American, etc) and our channel 5 actors/actress and news anchors as well. As a singaporean I think we all have so many cultures and info squeezed into our brain as a child and we have to embrace that part of ourselves, it has allowed us to become global citizens. At the same time for myself st least i have two accents, I just split between our local and professional English and I actually use my professional English with my teachers as well which I can called out for, but oh well haha now I’m studying overseas and I’m Glad I had the professional English to turn to because it helped others understand me (even tho many times they had to ask me to repeat) There are also a lot of Singaporeans that study overseas like me and now my “pro” English is just American English and I still have my Singlish that I use with my family and friends when I come back:) go Singaporeans and become the global people u all are but don’t forget your roots and it’s always good to know more than one language:)
I once read somewhere. "2 boys returned (to Singapore) from abroad, but from 2 different countries. 1 from America and 1 from India. The one from America had an American slang. But the one from India remains unchanged." I guess "influence" plays a strong part in our lives.
One time, I binged watched this Australian Twitch streamer for an entire month, during the holidays, and when I returned to school, I somehow got influenced and spoke in an Australian accent. It took me a few days to actually return to my previous accent so I agree that people just sometimes pick up other accent without realizing
My immediate family emigrated from Singapore over 30 years ago in favor for Canada, when I’d just turned 6 years old. When I go to Singapore to visit extended family, I’m generally not hanging out in touristy areas, but hawker centers, HDB apartment neighborhoods and uncle and auntie shops. And the people I meet sometimes ask where I’m from, and don’t believe me when I say Singapore 😅 I’ve since introduced myself as Canadian to avoid an explanation/ confusion.
Yeah, they're kinda right, your accent is the TV accent, or I would say the standard accent. I'm Malaysian and it's the similar, we have the spoken accent and the standard accent used on TV, but I noticed that the typical Singlish is more similar to the English spoken by Chinese Malaysians and not so by the Malays or Indians or East Malaysians. My friend who worked in Singapore for a while told me that he could definitely hear a distinct Singaporean accent which I'm still puzzled about.
people that speaks like Fauzi has a Standard Singapore English (SSE), similar to Lee Hsien Loong, Radio DJs like Vernetta Lopez, Joakim Gomez... Singlish is a locally flavored English language with sprinkles of Everything found in local culture, where as long as you grew up in Singapore you will bound to use them naturally whenever in Singapore or whenever you met up with Singaporeans abroad
@@pinkublacku he actually uses SSE too, not the local lah leh lor singlish Unless he tries to relate with citizens on light hearted speeches To foreign diplomats etc, he uses SSE Only ministers like Chan Chun Seng use Singlish throughout On a sidenote, i think after LHL steps down, we have no more qualified ministers from PAP to take the helm as a good rep of Singapore, except Tharman, Pritam Singh, Jamus, Sylvia Lim, Vivian, the rest are cmi
I'm Singaporean and I have American accent sometimes (to foreigners, tourists, strangers, during oral lol etc) but if I'm talking to friends it's very Singaporean. I got it from watching too many British/American cartoons/TH-cam videos. I don't try to be 'American', I don't get why people judge. This video somehow annoyed me.
StrawhatxLuffy ??? You speak as if any Singaporean with another accent = a wannabe. What the fuck? If I'm a wannabe I would speak like that 24/7, no matter who i'm talking to. And no one has ever told me it sounded fake, even my teachers. In fact, most of them said they liked it or it sounded nice.When i read aloud in class cause my teacher asked me to, at the end of the day my classmate approached me and said i had a very nice accent. My (newer) teachers are also confused if i was born in America or raised in America. I don't talk much in school, I'm very shy and quiet. But i'm fully Singaporean. Also, in case you think im trying so hard to fake an English accent, one time i accidentally spoke with a strong China accent to my clique. my friend was shocked lmao. so there you go. And it can't be forced if it happens naturally. When I'm reading aloud, i have the accent. Talking to strangers, foreigners, I have it. It's second nature already. I don't "force" it. You can tell easily from someone who naturally has it and from someone who tries to fake it. Why would i bother faking an accent??? To impress people? Nah Also, i'm an easily influenced person in terms of communication. The way you type to me, i'll type the same way to you. The way my newer friends speak with korean slangs, i gradually find myself doing it too. it all happens subconsciously. you can't specifically call someone out for being fake/wannabe just because it didn't happen to you.
Oh please, if anyone's immature here it's you. You're literally on the internet telling a stranger that they're being fake because you didn't experience what they had. And you're the one labelling people, who do you think you are? When I explain myself it's called being immature? lol ok I think you're the one that needs friends LOL Meh, so _sorry_ that you're not blessed with a nice accent then, so you're going out putting other people down for what they have.
Just tell yourself whatever to make you feel better about yourself yeah? Again, you're the one being immature, randomly labeling people on the internet, soooo mature of you. Like I said, just because you didn't EXPERIENCE it doesn't mean it's not real. Oh no, you must be SO old if you think a kid is 18. Sorry, I didn't know grannies knew how to use TH-cam. As if I would make some random bullshit stories on TH-cam to impress an ignorant prick like YOU? Ha, don't think too highly of yourself, hun.
To me, like Lee Hsien Loong, Fauzi speaks proper English (i.e. grammatically correct English with the Standard English pronunciation) with an accent. His English is superb. His accent is neither British nor American. It sounds Malay a bit, which is good because he's Malay. (Lee Hsien Loong speaks superb English too, with a Singaporean Chinese accent, which is good because he's Chinese.)
There is no such thing as a standard English pronunciation. But there is such a thing as a non-English accent. Singlish is a street slang. It is not English. And it has a heavy Chinese accent with a touch of Malay overtones.
I think Singlish is so unique and powerful, although we don't sound that great because we do not stress any of the words, but Singlish actually made us really good at understand English spoke by different nationality...lol. It's more surprising to know other English speaker who can't understand another English speaker just because of accent, whereas for us, we could understand pretty well be it ppl from British, Australia, America, India, Japan, Korea, China etc. 🤭
Hahahhaa thanks for making me laugh😂😂 but it’s true that you pick up accents according to where you live and depending on people who surround you, so don’t judge😊 be kind hehehe
American here...had the pleasure of joining my husband on a work trip years ago and ventured out on my own and really got to interact. Singaporeans are the kindest,hard working and take pride in everything they do. Would love to return to Singapore again! Twice (both were Baristas ) heard an accent, sorta proper and British that just sounded put on or fake?? What's that about?
I learnt something new today. I never knew “changing accents” is called code-switching. Thank God I came across this video. Oh and one thing I really hate that Singaporeans do is to call accents “slangs” which are TWO EXTREMELY DIFFERENT WORDS.
so i have an american accent, which i adapted after living in the states for the first 9 years of my life, and when my family moved to singapore, my moms birthplace, alot of people would think that i would purposely make it sound like i have an american accent, but i do. i got judged alot in secondary school just because of my accent, which was quite odd. i would always have to explain that i was from the states and i may not look like i am since i take most of my moms genes instead of my dads, which is quite annoying. i hate it when people think someone who looks asian and has an american accent is faking it to act cool. so if you see/hear(??) anyone with an accent, don't be so quick to judge them(:
I had been in Dubai quite a while .. in China Mall or better know as Dragon City .. when I communicate with people in the mall in English, I was asked if I was from Malaysia or Singapore
The problem is, I am really not a Singaporean but looks like one. I'm a Korean but educated in states. Everyone here who thinks I'm Singaporean gives me the look when I speak American accent. Only Grab drivers who know my last name prior to picking up are open minded and initiates conversation about Korea and what not.
I wonder if you came up with these questions yourself, it's really good. You first asked their opinions about accent, will they judge and then ask them the difference between and speaking properly and accent, and finally ask them again if accent (still) matters. It's like how Socrates guided his students... lol
I think most people would usually have their own way or accent of speaking a language. Whatever accent it may be, as long one being able to communicate effectively so that people could understand what he or her trying to express, I think that would serve the purpose well. Having said that, well I think your accent do sound a little bit of Malay (which is easily understandable as Malay, the same would go for Chinese who have a Chinese accent when speaking) but you also mixed it very well with proper English usage plus a bit of Singaporen accent so everything sound natural and fine. Good job for the interview and keep it up:)
I'm not a Singaporean, but I support all Singaporean to keep the way they talk and to keep the Singlish as their identity, nothing wrong with that, instead they are cool!
I really like yr smart team videos...smart & funny!! I like the "Ang Moh" word.... M'sian n S'pore accent is very similar, I think but it's so evident when I came across one from there, just love to listened to the "Lah" & "Bah" etc, just felt so cute..and I would try to speak the "lah" back to them cuz that reminds me of friendliness... :D
I am a Singaporean but I used to study in an English school before I moved to Singapore to study at a primary level and I take english tuition classes with British teachers so I have this natural British accent.My secondary school English teacher told me that mine accent was fake and she insisted that I should be more natural but mines is already natural(i feel so insulted that time;-;)...The accents that Singaporeans have are definitely unique!(it’s a compliment btw)As the years passed by,I started to have the Singaporean accent(is that the correct way to describe it?),in my opinion i think it is perfectly fine to have a Singaporean accent.
I go to an international school and have been around lots of people from around the world with different accents so I don’t exactly find it weird when I hear another person speaking English but with another accent. I agree it can be a bit awkward at times cuz you know, I’m Asian with a not so Asian accent and I guess it doesn’t exactly “suit my look”. Like mentioned in the video, about adaptation. After hanging out with all my friends, I’ve slowly adapted their Australian accents...
I do code switching... Singaporean living in Dubai... The place of loads of nationalities... And given my job as well (waiter in the air), i have to cos if not, people won't understand well... But when i meet a fellow singaporean or even malaysian, thats it, i'm going back to singlish... Hahahaha... And our other colleagues are lost...
I seldom use singlish these days and I was really surprised when my friends say I talk more "atas". I mean I used to speak a lot of singlish when I was in my neighbourhood pri school but when I went to sec sch (supposedly the center of excellence for English) I just dropped most of it. I didn't even realise till they mentioned it then I started reflecting.
Fauzi doesn't have an accent LOL. Just because someone speaks good English, that means they have an accent? And besides, the Singaporean accent sounds pretty awful. Let's just be honest. It's unprofessional. You don't see ministers speaking like that to leaders from other countries.
Gideon _ yeah when we wanna be professional we change how we speak. i don't think you mean accent, i think you meant the slang. because ministers also have the same accent but they just don't use slang
I remember when i was still in Singapore studying and im a foreigner in my school and my singaporean classmates would tease me. Wah liao! U speak like spokening dollar! We all burst into laughter. I enjoyed my stay in Singapore.❤
I have been living overseas for 18 yrs 2 years ago I was back in sg and on 2 occasions someone asked me where are you from? I said here . He replied but you don't sound like a Singaporean. Lol I think it's because I have been away for so long..
uh i have a kinda accent bc i kinda think our accent makes us sound like were being crude all the time. im trying to speak proper english it's more like british/aus and it comes out sometimes without even trying since it's been awhile but i try to suppress it when im around my friends and use singlish. can't help it but want to speak proper english, why judge?
There's a difference between bad English and Singlish. There's a difference between real ang moh accent and fake ones. Just like a real Yeezy and a totally fake one. I heard this SPG once exlaim very loudly to an ang moh she was throwing herself all over, "Awr Ai reeli laike bab-be-koo, espaserry stick! You know? De Steek!" The ang moh gave me a "help me look." I gave him back the, "Nope, that kind of girl we all don't want sia"
I've been working in the retail industry for many years and many times I encounter this challenge of ang mo don't literally understand my english except for australians
Fauzi speaks proper English but still has a light accent. The Singaporeans who says Fauzi has no accent are not qualified to judge because their own Singlish is heavy. I don’t understand why some Singaporeans are so proud of Singlish when all it is is improper or bad English. The schools are trying to help people not to deviate from standard English that unfortunately it becoming a Creole to almost pidgin English. A true test is to see if the local can turn off the Singlish and speak more mainstream English. If I was hiring somebody for a job, I would never hire anyone unable to speak proper English (does not mean accented English).
How would one know if the accent is faked? Does code switching counts as having a fake accent? Does the same language in different countries have a different way of speaking ?
Just as there are different accents within an English-speaking community (or any language or community for that matter) - think cockney and geordie for the Brits, New Yorker and southern for the Americans, so are there shades of Singlish accents, even if we don’t have formalised names for them. That TV-radio-accent you use is no less Singaporean than any other. I’d call it Cambridge Singlish. Because it still retains the inflections and intonations of regular Singlish, yet stresses careful enunciation and cadence to make it the version best recommended for scoring in your PSLE.
Lmao nah, i don't think Fauzi has any accent. He's doing interviews so he has to showcase this standard of 'proper english' in pronouncing properly, sounding correctly etc. He's talking to strangers mah so i guess he has to use proper english so that everyone be it a singlish or caucasian would understand him. When he's in those challenge videos he sounds different, more singlish and chill. Just an opinion. Anyways Fauzi speaks good english.
Believe me if you want to know if you have an accent or not just ask native speakers of English from England or from America. They will tell you to your face that you all have really weird accents.
I still hear the same singaporean accent I think I'm accustomed to but it's just very subtle though overall most of the time hearing how fauzi speak on this vid it sounds to me like he got a neutral accent and that's a good thing. I can relate to the people saying they feel uncomfortable hearing people who try to sound american just so they sound cool, but hey maybe they're just really trying to practice. Making sure you enunciate properly with an open mouth can sometimes make you sound american just like how they speak on the news and movies but I'll say that's only normal cause they do a more neutral accent so they can be understood clearly, and that's why you hear british singers in american accents when they sing cause the tune eliminates their accents, try listening to ed sheeran and adelle's songs again you'll notice.
I'm very versatile in any forms of English. American accent, London accent, Singapore accent, Aussie accent, Irish accent, German English accent or whatever. No crimes having an accent or accents, it's fun & it makes you feel yourself connected to the rest of the world.
You definitely spoke with an accent as in people from all over the world speaks English carrying their ethnic accents. You speak well. I think Singaporeans are good at code-switching easing communications with foreigners globally.
I was born in singapore, I'm Filipino and I my grandmother's sister married an American,she has 2 kids which are half American and we're cousins. I have an accent ever since I started school.i get mistaken for being American or European.
Everyone have an "accent" when they are outside of their hometown.. Just so happens that Fauzi's accent is sexy doesn't mean he's faking it~ HAHA with this voice you can be voiceover actor! 😂
Yes Fauzi .. You do have an accent especially when you say certain words like "here". As an Asian myself who didn't grow up in Asia your "here" is more Singaporean :)
Some are real. Those are easily identified. Some are pretentious. Some white worship. Some think they higher class if they do. Some stay a few years in certain countries and forgot singlish that they use for their whole lives. These are also easily identified. Be proud to be Singaporean. There is Singapore good English and there is Singlish. Both are beautiful.
i am Singaporean and many people say i have an 'accent'. this is probably because my parents work in a place that's got lots of foreigners from America, and Australia and the UK and places like that. so they've kind of adapted to speaking like that. and i guess i have picked it up too.
ive met people who go to the states or aussie for extended period of time and come back with new accent and explain they picked up living there. so if they went to India , will they come back with a thick indian accent too? (just example) i feel it could also be a subconscious desire to want to associate with a certain kind perceived to be more superior? No offense, just thinking out loud. ^^
I also feel that we use too much 'like' in our sentences 😂😂😂
We also say "like" a lot in Californian accent ^^
Ya lor we all also *like* want to *like* you know hor *like* that lor ya *like* the want to talk *like* but then hor also *like* you know *like* actually abit more *like* so *like* to them *like* want to *like* you know *like* act *like* probably *like* and then *like* to *like* ya *like* you know how many times I *like* wasted your time *like* you should actually *like* count how many "*like*" I have typed in this comment then *like* comment below thank you! *like* ya la comment hor
this comment almost gave me a stroke.
I didn't continue reading after the second like and skipped to the last sentence lol
i read this as "i also feel like that" #guilty
Fauzi speaks fluent english BUT in a singaporean accent without the casual lah leh lors. I am certain that caucasians can definitely understand him.
Catherine Law totally agree!!!
We can
Sad most locals do not speak well
Same here. All of my family speaks fluent english! Could be because we’re Peranakan Chinese. And I don’t have a fake American accent either, it’s what I grew up speaking and listening to.
Not all Caucasians speak English though
I'm a Singaporean but I grew up abroad. When I came back to Singapore, people thought I was trying to be cool by speaking differently and called me "atas". People shouldn't be judged by their accents, language is a way of communicating and if you speak it with the correct grammar and vocabulary then it shouldn't be a problem.
I agree with you, at first if you speak differently, we are feeling atas compare to other people. It seems like, there is no perfection of an english accent we communicate wirh others.
True, same as me. I'm a Singaporean living in The Netherlands, so I'm speaking Dutch plus English plus Malay and my accents changes too .😵💫
You can try to speak to an Indian from India who speaks Indian accent then you know how Angmo finds it difficult to communicate with Singaporean who speak strong Singapore accent which is flat in tone ,set aside the Singlish words, just the sound)
actually i feel that u r more of a proper english speaker than a different accent speaker. The accent is not too strong but english is definitely well spoken.
ok lah
In Singapore, if you speak good English people think you have an accent. In reality, you are just enunciating and speaking with good grammar...
Stop bullshitting, you’re making our country look bad.
Lol King well it’s true,it’s very annoying when people hate on me for SPEAKING GOOD ENGLISH
@ Lol King, just look at the video above. Fauzi speaks good English with no discernible accent, yet some of the respondents insist that he does. Fauzi (intelligent on his part) then ask them what accent he has and they came up with some lame answer like "TV accent." Lol.
Exactly u just somehow pick up d accent well...n enunciate words better than most of d singaporeans
Lol King have you heard our Singlish? It’s atrocious, embarrassing to say the least. Who would believe that the first language of Singapore is English.
I honestly think Fauzi has the typical oral examinations accent. I always speak that way unconsciously during my oral examinations 😅 (the reading aloud part)
Shit major olevel throwbacks.
Fauzi doesn't have an accent. He just speak good English
Zirul98 hate to be 'that' person but technically everyone has an accent. his is the standard accent we're familiar with from the media. like a relaxed American accent with the influence from Singlish. when he speaks Malay, the Singlish is more noticeable. Either way, I still like hearing him talk lol
Zirul98 really? I here an accent but maybe that's cuz I'm not Singaporean and i live in California.
I think he has the RP Accent. RP=Received Pronounciation
Zirul98 he fkin got accent la tmd
Fauzi's accent is way different than RP
I do code switching a lot... But not on purpose. I just switch naturally in different situations.
StarSaphire9981 Same! I have different accents for different people/situations. I just got called out for being fake on a youtube comment. But in reality, all my friends like my ang moh accent, even my teachers are confused if I'm raised in America.
I have the same thing and my friend thought I was being racist .-.
Same here, and I got judged by my friends saying that I'm faking my accent loll
Same! I'm not being fake, I just want to be able to speak proper English and not in a recognised or easily understood accent. I'm not trying to be someone else, it's still me, just speaking differently, like in a subtle brit/aus accent! Why judge?
When we speak with our Singaporean accent, it sounds to me like were always being crude, and like one interviewee said, it's very sharp, so I try to change it. My friends either are cool with my accent, like it, or don't notice it, and I'm glad.
I'm Singaporean but I have an American-ish accent because I grew up abroad and I often feel uncomfortable whenever I go back to Singapore. People would just constantly give me weird looks but I am proud of Singlish and I think it's amazing
You have a traitor accent then
@@jeremyemilio9378 Omg lol
I have a American-British accent and alot of people judge me
Just don't care about others ok,
Just be comfortable with your self.
That's what I do,I speak with some accent because my dad's taught me eversince I was young
Hi sy teo, i can really understand how you are feeling. I am growing up here in singapore, i had neither go abroad study nor have known Caucasian person but i am always speaking leftout from others. Just be yourself. Dont mind how other people judge you as.
“Communication is all about making yourself heard and understood” - well said!
I actually code switch a lot without me noticing it unless someone points it out to me. Like I really adapt to how the person's is sounding like & sometimes when I realize it, its like i got split personality or something xP
Ikin Man same
I bet you also code switch to Indian accent when you speak with the Indians from India.
Ikin Man ahaha same same
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Have we ever wondered why others don't try to code switch to us? It's always us trying to be "adaptable". Just a thought.
The problem is that nobody in this world has no accent. So the question shouldn't be whether I have an accent, but rather what accent:)
PsRIPurgeDC
Siri and Google have no accent
Actually the title of video refers to locals who speak with "Angmoh" accent.
@@huisi9snsd I think maybe Siri has a California accent. Definitely an American accent of some sort.
@@huisi9snsd of course they do. Google even asks me to choose which accent I prefer. Gosh the number of people here who don't know what an accent is.
The TV or radio accent! I like that answer hahahaha
Well well well
We meet again wholesome man
@@koba5152 and i meet u in 2021 🙂
Why dont you just live in Singapore, easy
Fauzi got a clear and confident voice for hosting!
Singlish is actually so unique that when i went to Denmark with friends and was talking to them in English but with Singlish accent, they were like "what language is that?" and we were surprised because we didn't know Singlish was THAT distinct.
fauzi speaks standard english. it's easy for people to understand him bc he pronounces things properly. but i'm sure westerners will definitely pick up that he's not from US/UK. He still retains a little bit of a singaporean accent still without the singlish flairs.
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I totally agree. He sounds just like a Singaporean with good proper education.
As someone who isnt singaporean, i confirm this haha
This is the comment 👏🏽
Sorry, Fauzi does not speak Standard English, aka the Queen's English which is similar to James Bond or members of the Royal Family kind of English.
His English is more North American but much milder (without specific regional accent) to blend into Singaporean's accent. His speech would be easily comprehensible by both native and non-native speakers.
Fauzi has a Singaporean accent but he doesn't speak singlish (does it make any sense?)
He is speaking proper english with a singaporean accent imo
He is speaking english with very little singaporean accent.
I’m a Singaporean and I have been living in Australia for 2 years now. I tell you, my accent when I speak English confirm not like the Singaporean. I live in Australia for 2 years, I speak with my friends in school with an accent. Then, I come home my accent switch back to the local Singaporean. I talk to my brothers all with the Singaporean accent. I even say the la, leh, Lor, the Wah lah and wah biang all this kind of stuff la. My family also talk like singaporean accent within our family. But when with other people, Wah, I tell you ah, our accent automatic switch back to the ang moh accent. Since I’m more comfortable talking Singlish with my family and close family friends in Australia since most of my family friends are from Singapore so they say Singlish I understand. At least I have family friends who are Singaporean so I can be more comfortable with who I am.
Even Singlish have various style depending on your ethnicity ... Your Singlish is Chinese influenced .. My Singlish has more Malay influences.. And our Indian brothers have distinct Tamil, Hindi or Urdu influences in their Singlish.. Imagine Phua Chu Kang, Jojo Joget and Uncle Muthu sitting together in one room talking to each other, that is Singapore Singlish at work..
I love how having been born and raised mostly in Australia, and living in Singapore for 4 years, it did not take me too long to adapt and understand what my teachers, friends and classmates were saying in English and adapted to the lingo. And then moving back to Australia it kind of mostly went away almost immediately because it's an entirely different environment here.
However, because I was 9 when I moved to sg and 13 when I moved back to Australia and the last last time I visited Singapore was in 2015, when I visited in April 2018, it took me a little longer to get back into understanding and being able to understand people. Although, because I'm Aussie, I do speak quicker than others, according to a whole bunch of Singaporeans at least, so it can be hard to understand us as well.
We are all so oblivious to our own accents it's funny.
It's like... the more professional sounding Singaporean accent hahaha... you know... it's just how in school, when we speak with our friends, we have a more casual tone, and more distinct usage of Singlish, but when presenting in front of a class or audience, we automatically adapt a more "lyrical" and engaging tone and more professional grasp of English.
I’m fully Singaporean yet I have an American accent. I don’t even know how. Maybe I watched too many Western shows? Anyway I never realized I had an accent until my new classmates told me, “Walau eh you sound like an American! Wait wait wait say something I wanna record and send to an American friend of mine!” That’s when I realized I had an accent. The strange thing is, my parents can barely speak English since they came from China. So I never figured out where I got my accent.
It really helps to have an “Angmoh” accent when taking oral exams since the examiners can hear you better and they will be impressed (sort of?). I am proud of my accent even though some people seem to think I’m weird (like I don’t speak Singlish at all and can’t understand Malay even though it is so widely used in Singapore.) I literally have trouble understanding Singlish at times even though I was born in Singapore. I have been working on it.
Isit possible tht u went to an international sch in sg? Some international sch in sg hav more ang mo/foreign students. U might hav picked it up from there (?)
@@chiaoyun1373 I’m born in Singapore and went to government-aided schools. I didn’t even know the names of the international schools in sg.
@@Nickys_Corner oh ic. international sch in sg is not government aided like UWCSEA, australian international, Nexus.
I don't think a lot of people in the comment section know the difference between speaking proper English and having an accent.
Proper English: correct grammar, clear pronunciation. I consider singlish/manglish to be more of a dialect than an accent. Idk but I think those two are different things.
Accent : WE ALL HAVE ACCENTS. Americans don't think they have accents, but they do. It's the same case with Singaporeans/Malaysians. We are a product of our surrounding
UNLESS when they say he doesn't have accent, they mean he doesn't have a foreign or non-Singaporean accent. Then I will feel dumb
Chenhazee Elissasammy the proper way to speak English is with an English accent lol
This is quite an interesting take. Perhaps we conflate the two. Perhaps the added singlish terms are more like a singaporean dialect, whereas the intonation is the singaporean accent. Most singaporeans speak proper english with a moderate-heavy singaporean accent in official situations (sidenote: radio deejays/tv presenters would use a lighter singaporean accent or for some individual cases, put on either a more british standard or american standard accent...it really depends on the scale/degree of it... personally i prefer if tv presenters/radio deejays/hosts use a light singaporean accented proper english as compared to putting on a foreign accent), whereas they add singlish terms (the dialect) in a very casual setting (at the hawker, with friends,etc). Going by your viewpoint, in Fauzi's case, he's speaking standard english with a light singaporean accent (as opposed to a heavily Singaporean-accented one), and no singaporean dialect terms like lah, leh, paiseh, shiok, etc).
@@kaisasong1332 Which part of England shall we use as role models? London? Oxford? Liverpool? Manchester? Birmingham.. English people have hard times understanding their own regional accents.. Yes.. Even English people have different accents when speaking English..
@@khairiaris The standard in the UK is to use RP
I lived overseas for 36 years. When I return to Singapore, I can’t lose the way I speak overseas. It is awkward for me and awkward for those who had to listen to me. I like singlish because it is Singapore’s unique feature. However, Singaporeans must be flexible to switch to international English when needed and I think most Singaporeans are perfectly capable of doing that.
True, same as me. I'm a Singaporean living in The Netherlands, so I'm speaking Dutch plus English plus Malay and my accents changes too .😵💫
5:17 I cracked up right after she said that “standard TV accent” oh my god I like her , she’s hilarious 😂
Anyone will have an accent...even native speaker...you should realised American accent and British accent are completely different...so the word "accent" itself is neutral....the only reason people are feeling superior /inferior is due the strength of the country the accent associated with.
Ppl laugh at Chinese /Indian accent because these two countries were used to be poor
Good way of thinking. It's like when angmoh speak Chinese in their heavy accent, nobody think they're inferior. As long as they can speak a sentence or two, people get blown away.
Because Asians view westerners as superior. And if they learn our language we already felt honoured enough.
yup everybody has an accent and it just seems like the american / british ones are viewed as proper
There's no wrong with accent, but Singlish is not only with accent, it's a creole language, means that a mixture of different languages. This will cause some barriers when communicating with people outside Singapore. For instance it's more like an Indian speaking English mixed with Tamil.
Lmao learn history. China has always been rich. But the westerners decided to rape the world of her wealth
K Z A Right. Let's just pretend Mao never existed and blame everything on Westerners. That's tooootally gonna solve our problems.
I believe as a lot of people have said too - upbringing. If you have all local friends or do you have friends from around the world. Do you watch a lot of local tv, or are your main entertainment American or British. Of course, if you're going to spend your time talking to/watching a lot of caucasians then naturally your accent or style of speaking will generally change. Being a Singapore I think most people are able to code-switch, Singlish isn't just an accent but more of the combination of words we use.
I personally find that you are very articulate rather than having an accent.
On a side note, I grew up overseas away from SG and growing up in an International School then, meant that you were bound to pick up an accent regardless. I cannot stressed enough how I was picked on and judged by fellow singaporeans in an MRT/or public places for being articulate in English with an accent- Some openly gossip thinking that you were a show-off and being “unnatural” ; At times, I get tired of explaining that I have been away for over 16 years from home. I am so relieved to see this video! This could perhaps spread awareness to many Singaporeans like me who have struggled with similar situations. I am also relieved that many of our fellow singaporeans in the video have equally agreed that they do not mind singaporeans with a foreign accent in the case that its natural. On the contrary, I believed it’s always best to stay humble if you are one with an accent so as to not make the other person feel uncomfortable.
Actually horh...the singaporean accent & Malaysian accent is basically almost the same accent so...
but the difference appears when speaking mandarin lol
Actually i find it very easy to tell malaysian chinese accent from singaporean chinese accent.
It's actually sounds quite different tho 😂😂
Adelaide Ang actually you are quite wrong because, as a Malaysian, I have never come across someone who could not speak English. Also, although Singapore is a more developed country, you could still find people who can not speak English.
Isn't that cus singaporeans have more tourists/foreigners? Im pretty sure the ppl u find who can't speak english are those ppl. But seriously, legit EVERYONE in ur country can speak english? U sure not?
Yup fauzi has a nice voice n it sounds like a host or dj kind of voice.
i grew up with an angmoh accent and a lot of people have asked me if i’m really singaporean. the accents just kinda came to me one day??? i don’t know what happened lol
True, same as me. I'm a Singaporean living in The Netherlands, so I'm speaking Dutch plus English plus Malay and my accents changes too .😵💫
honestly i think its also bc of consumption/exposure to american and western media
Is it just bad youtube auto-translation or did the girl actually say 'pick it up unconsciously' at @5:31 mark...
An accent tells the history and experiences of a person, so hence everyone has an accent, it's just a matter of what accent it is
Hi Fauzi! You have a nice accent which TV hosts usually possess. It is very nice to hear you host and talk. :D
This sweet lady totally gets it @3:37
It's all about being understood and be able to understand in a conversation
Fauzi speaks proper English but he does have a slight malay/ singlish accents especially when you listen to it without watching the video
I live in Canada but my parents are Singaporean (Malay). It's weird when I hear them talk I don't hear a Singapore accent but all my friends say they have an accent. To me they sound like Americans. I want to learn the Singapore accent but have a hard time.
True, same as me. I'm a Singaporean living in The Netherlands, so I'm speaking Dutch plus English plus Malay and my accents changes too .😵💫
It's absolutely wonderful to hear all the different accents, it makes life a little more interesting.
I do code switching alot.. practically everyday.. grew up in singapore for 10 years Australia for 10. outside i speak like how the aussies do at home i speak singlish to my parents. whenever i go back to visit old friends I naturally speak to them in singlish just because it wouldnt be weird for either of us. I used to think my code switching happened because of the people im talking to, but when i met some Singaporeans in uni surrounded by aussie accents for some reason my brain didnt let me switch. likewise in sg when people tell me to speak like how i do in au my brain doesnt let me do it and it seems forced. so I think this code switching personally is more because of social setting and what i hear around me rather than who im talking to.
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A language is for communication. It does not really matter what accents we have when we speak, as long as others could understand what we are trying to say. That is enough! We all have our own accents and there is no prefer English in the world as it is quite subjective. Even Americans also have accents. Some people fancy it while some people do not. A proper grammar absolutely does make you sound more well-educated but accents definitely not really make you sound uneducated.
Finally and most importantly, we are ASIAN!!! We have our own cultures and languages. Being able to speak other's language is already so capable than those Caucasians who can only speak no more than English. Why do we set ourselves such a high threshold? Why don't we expect them to learn and speak our languages? If they do speak our languages, they would also have accents. Unfortunately, how many of them could speak the Asian languages??? Shouldn't we feel proud of our selves?
Fauzi, you speak clearly with good pronunciation. Locals won't find it fake and ang moh will understand you very well.
I think something that people don’t realise is that since we are young we all watch tv shows and movies overseas and we pick it up and use it as our “pro English” that we use to speak to strangers and foreigners. At the same time, although most Singaporeans speak Singlish, our radio dj’s all have an accent (be it English, American, etc) and our channel 5 actors/actress and news anchors as well. As a singaporean I think we all have so many cultures and info squeezed into our brain as a child and we have to embrace that part of ourselves, it has allowed us to become global citizens. At the same time for myself st least i have two accents, I just split between our local and professional English and I actually use my professional English with my teachers as well which I can called out for, but oh well haha now I’m studying overseas and I’m Glad I had the professional English to turn to because it helped others understand me (even tho many times they had to ask me to repeat) There are also a lot of Singaporeans that study overseas like me and now my “pro” English is just American English and I still have my Singlish that I use with my family and friends when I come back:) go Singaporeans and become the global people u all are but don’t forget your roots and it’s always good to know more than one language:)
I once read somewhere. "2 boys returned (to Singapore) from abroad, but from 2 different countries. 1 from America and 1 from India. The one from America had an American slang. But the one from India remains unchanged." I guess "influence" plays a strong part in our lives.
The "accent" on-screen hwre is not really representative because people naturally speak more formally in front of a camera and given a mic
One time, I binged watched this Australian Twitch streamer for an entire month, during the holidays, and when I returned to school, I somehow got influenced and spoke in an Australian accent. It took me a few days to actually return to my previous accent so I agree that people just sometimes pick up other accent without realizing
This is what u call good content. Keep up the good work! :D
My immediate family emigrated from Singapore over 30 years ago in favor for Canada, when I’d just turned 6 years old. When I go to Singapore to visit extended family, I’m generally not hanging out in touristy areas, but hawker centers, HDB apartment neighborhoods and uncle and auntie shops. And the people I meet sometimes ask where I’m from, and don’t believe me when I say Singapore 😅
I’ve since introduced myself as Canadian to avoid an explanation/ confusion.
Yeah, they're kinda right, your accent is the TV accent, or I would say the standard accent. I'm Malaysian and it's the similar, we have the spoken accent and the standard accent used on TV, but I noticed that the typical Singlish is more similar to the English spoken by Chinese Malaysians and not so by the Malays or Indians or East Malaysians. My friend who worked in Singapore for a while told me that he could definitely hear a distinct Singaporean accent which I'm still puzzled about.
people that speaks like Fauzi has a Standard Singapore English (SSE), similar to Lee Hsien Loong, Radio DJs like Vernetta Lopez, Joakim Gomez... Singlish is a locally flavored English language with sprinkles of Everything found in local culture, where as long as you grew up in Singapore you will bound to use them naturally whenever in Singapore or whenever you met up with Singaporeans abroad
Lee hsien loong doesn't speak like that. But yes to the other people you have mentioned. This is like the Singaporean DJ accent.
@@pinkublacku he actually uses SSE too, not the local lah leh lor singlish
Unless he tries to relate with citizens on light hearted speeches
To foreign diplomats etc, he uses SSE
Only ministers like Chan Chun Seng use Singlish throughout
On a sidenote, i think after LHL steps down, we have no more qualified ministers from PAP to take the helm as a good rep of Singapore, except Tharman, Pritam Singh, Jamus, Sylvia Lim, Vivian, the rest are cmi
I'm Singaporean and I have American accent sometimes (to foreigners, tourists, strangers, during oral lol etc) but if I'm talking to friends it's very Singaporean. I got it from watching too many British/American cartoons/TH-cam videos. I don't try to be 'American', I don't get why people judge. This video somehow annoyed me.
The Well uh Oral Test in pri/sec school?
StrawhatxLuffy ??? You speak as if any Singaporean with another accent = a wannabe.
What the fuck? If I'm a wannabe I would speak like that 24/7, no matter who i'm talking to. And no one has ever told me it sounded fake, even my teachers. In fact, most of them said they liked it or it sounded nice.When i read aloud in class cause my teacher asked me to, at the end of the day my classmate approached me and said i had a very nice accent. My (newer) teachers are also confused if i was born in America or raised in America. I don't talk much in school, I'm very shy and quiet. But i'm fully Singaporean.
Also, in case you think im trying so hard to fake an English accent, one time i accidentally spoke with a strong China accent to my clique. my friend was shocked lmao. so there you go.
And it can't be forced if it happens naturally. When I'm reading aloud, i have the accent. Talking to strangers, foreigners, I have it. It's second nature already. I don't "force" it. You can tell easily from someone who naturally has it and from someone who tries to fake it. Why would i bother faking an accent??? To impress people? Nah
Also, i'm an easily influenced person in terms of communication. The way you type to me, i'll type the same way to you. The way my newer friends speak with korean slangs, i gradually find myself doing it too.
it all happens subconsciously. you can't specifically call someone out for being fake/wannabe just because it didn't happen to you.
Oh please, if anyone's immature here it's you. You're literally on the internet telling a stranger that they're being fake because you didn't experience what they had.
And you're the one labelling people, who do you think you are?
When I explain myself it's called being immature? lol ok
I think you're the one that needs friends LOL
Meh, so _sorry_ that you're not blessed with a nice accent then, so you're going out putting other people down for what they have.
Just tell yourself whatever to make you feel better about yourself yeah?
Again, you're the one being immature, randomly labeling people on the internet, soooo mature of you.
Like I said, just because you didn't EXPERIENCE it doesn't mean it's not real. Oh no, you must be SO old if you think a kid is 18. Sorry, I didn't know grannies knew how to use TH-cam.
As if I would make some random bullshit stories on TH-cam to impress an ignorant prick like YOU? Ha, don't think too highly of yourself, hun.
I have a real accent, deal with it kid. Stay pressed x
why the interviewer reminds me of the examiners during oral exam
To me, like Lee Hsien Loong, Fauzi speaks proper English (i.e. grammatically correct English with the Standard English pronunciation) with an accent. His English is superb. His accent is neither British nor American. It sounds Malay a bit, which is good because he's Malay. (Lee Hsien Loong speaks superb English too, with a Singaporean Chinese accent, which is good because he's Chinese.)
There is no such thing as a standard English pronunciation. But there is such a thing as a non-English accent. Singlish is a street slang. It is not English. And it has a heavy Chinese accent with a touch of Malay overtones.
Haha I like the ‘standard TV accent’ esp when watching local sg productions or radio channels.
Wow you guys natural accent sounds like Nigerian accent
I think Singlish is so unique and powerful, although we don't sound that great because we do not stress any of the words, but Singlish actually made us really good at understand English spoke by different nationality...lol. It's more surprising to know other English speaker who can't understand another English speaker just because of accent, whereas for us, we could understand pretty well be it ppl from British, Australia, America, India, Japan, Korea, China etc. 🤭
Hahahhaa thanks for making me laugh😂😂 but it’s true that you pick up accents according to where you live and depending on people who surround you, so don’t judge😊 be kind hehehe
When I read the title, I immediately thought: "So like Thomas K?" HAHAHAH
American here...had the pleasure of joining my husband on a work trip years ago and ventured out on my own and really got to interact. Singaporeans are the kindest,hard working and take pride in everything they do. Would love to return to Singapore again! Twice (both were Baristas ) heard an accent, sorta proper and British that just sounded put on or fake?? What's that about?
I learnt something new today. I never knew “changing accents” is called code-switching. Thank God I came across this video. Oh and one thing I really hate that Singaporeans do is to call accents “slangs” which are TWO EXTREMELY DIFFERENT WORDS.
so i have an american accent, which i adapted after living in the states for the first 9 years of my life, and when my family moved to singapore, my moms birthplace, alot of people would think that i would purposely make it sound like i have an american accent, but i do. i got judged alot in secondary school just because of my accent, which was quite odd. i would always have to explain that i was from the states and i may not look like i am since i take most of my moms genes instead of my dads, which is quite annoying. i hate it when people think someone who looks asian and has an american accent is faking it to act cool. so if you see/hear(??) anyone with an accent, don't be so quick to judge them(:
I had been in Dubai quite a while .. in China Mall or better know as Dragon City .. when I communicate with people in the mall in English, I was asked if I was from Malaysia or Singapore
Hahaha I like this!
I di sini also see you alamak
The problem is, I am really not a Singaporean but looks like one. I'm a Korean but educated in states. Everyone here who thinks I'm Singaporean gives me the look when I speak American accent. Only Grab drivers who know my last name prior to picking up are open minded and initiates conversation about Korea and what not.
On behalf of my countrymen, sorry bout that. We function on judgement, instincts and very low general intellect most of the time.
@@dannylamb456 thanks man. didn't think it's a solvable issue. Just something I have to put up with. I might as well learn Chinese or hokkien.
@@sj4473
Heh, or you can spook them with Korean? I do that all the time with German or Russian.
I wonder if you came up with these questions yourself, it's really good. You first asked their opinions about accent, will they judge and then ask them the difference between and speaking properly and accent, and finally ask them again if accent (still) matters. It's like how Socrates guided his students... lol
I think most people would usually have their own way or accent of speaking a language. Whatever accent it may be, as long one being able to communicate effectively so that people could understand what he or her trying to express, I think that would serve the purpose well. Having said that, well I think your accent do sound a little bit of Malay (which is easily understandable as Malay, the same would go for Chinese who have a Chinese accent when speaking) but you also mixed it very well with proper English usage plus a bit of Singaporen accent so everything sound natural and fine. Good job for the interview and keep it up:)
I'm not a Singaporean, but I support all Singaporean to keep the way they talk and to keep the Singlish as their identity, nothing wrong with that, instead they are cool!
I really like yr smart team videos...smart & funny!! I like the "Ang Moh" word.... M'sian n S'pore accent is very similar, I think but it's so evident when I came across one from there, just love to listened to the "Lah" & "Bah" etc, just felt so cute..and I would try to speak the "lah" back to them cuz that reminds me of friendliness... :D
I am a Singaporean but I used to study in an English school before I moved to Singapore to study at a primary level and I take english tuition classes with British teachers so I have this natural British accent.My secondary school English teacher told me that mine accent was fake and she insisted that I should be more natural but mines is already natural(i feel so insulted that time;-;)...The accents that Singaporeans have are definitely unique!(it’s a compliment btw)As the years passed by,I started to have the Singaporean accent(is that the correct way to describe it?),in my opinion i think it is perfectly fine to have a Singaporean accent.
I go to an international school and have been around lots of people from around the world with different accents so I don’t exactly find it weird when I hear another person speaking English but with another accent. I agree it can be a bit awkward at times cuz you know, I’m Asian with a not so Asian accent and I guess it doesn’t exactly “suit my look”.
Like mentioned in the video, about adaptation. After hanging out with all my friends, I’ve slowly adapted their Australian accents...
I do code switching... Singaporean living in Dubai... The place of loads of nationalities... And given my job as well (waiter in the air), i have to cos if not, people won't understand well... But when i meet a fellow singaporean or even malaysian, thats it, i'm going back to singlish... Hahahaha... And our other colleagues are lost...
I seldom use singlish these days and I was really surprised when my friends say I talk more "atas". I mean I used to speak a lot of singlish when I was in my neighbourhood pri school but when I went to sec sch (supposedly the center of excellence for English) I just dropped most of it. I didn't even realise till they mentioned it then I started reflecting.
Fauzi doesn't have an accent LOL. Just because someone speaks good English, that means they have an accent? And besides, the Singaporean accent sounds pretty awful. Let's just be honest. It's unprofessional. You don't see ministers speaking like that to leaders from other countries.
Gideon _ yeah when we wanna be professional we change how we speak. i don't think you mean accent, i think you meant the slang. because ministers also have the same accent but they just don't use slang
Gideon _ say whatever you want.. majority of singaporeans are proud of their singlish accent and language
Han Amran Tanemahuta So? Why does it bother you that much?
It's called code switching and it takes skill. Many Singaporeans do not have that skill and can only shine in the Singlish portion which is sad.
HaeJoon sadly, you're wrong. Most of us have the skills, unlike Koreans.
Most Koreans can't speak fluent English to begin with
I remember when i was still in Singapore studying and im a foreigner in my school and my singaporean classmates would tease me. Wah liao! U speak like spokening dollar! We all burst into laughter. I enjoyed my stay in Singapore.❤
@Chen Wong sure
I have been living overseas for 18 yrs 2 years ago I was back in sg and on 2 occasions someone asked me where are you from? I said here . He replied but you don't sound like a Singaporean. Lol I think it's because I have been away for so long..
no matter the language you speak, every person speaks with an accent. every time someone opens their mouth and speaks, it's done so with an accent.
uh i have a kinda accent bc i kinda think our accent makes us sound like were being crude all the time. im trying to speak proper english it's more like british/aus and it comes out sometimes without even trying since it's been awhile but i try to suppress it when im around my friends and use singlish. can't help it but want to speak proper english, why judge?
Are there any differences between Malaysian accent and Singaporean accent?
There's a difference between bad English and Singlish. There's a difference between real ang moh accent and fake ones. Just like a real Yeezy and a totally fake one.
I heard this SPG once exlaim very loudly to an ang moh she was throwing herself all over, "Awr Ai reeli laike bab-be-koo, espaserry stick! You know? De Steek!"
The ang moh gave me a "help me look." I gave him back the, "Nope, that kind of girl we all don't want sia"
I've been working in the retail industry for many years and many times I encounter this challenge of ang mo don't literally understand my english except for australians
Fauzi speaks proper English but still has a light accent. The Singaporeans who says Fauzi has no accent are not qualified to judge because their own Singlish is heavy. I don’t understand why some Singaporeans are so proud of Singlish when all it is is improper or bad English. The schools are trying to help people not to deviate from standard English that unfortunately it becoming a Creole to almost pidgin English. A true test is to see if the local can turn off the Singlish and speak more mainstream English. If I was hiring somebody for a job, I would never hire anyone unable to speak proper English (does not mean accented English).
ahhaa fauzi! you just speaking like tv host for this! but in the other TSL vids you damn funny!!!! :D no accent :)
How would one know if the accent is faked? Does code switching counts as having a fake accent? Does the same language in different countries have a different way of speaking ?
Just as there are different accents within an English-speaking community (or any language or community for that matter) - think cockney and geordie for the Brits, New Yorker and southern for the Americans, so are there shades of Singlish accents, even if we don’t have formalised names for them.
That TV-radio-accent you use is no less Singaporean than any other. I’d call it Cambridge Singlish. Because it still retains the inflections and intonations of regular Singlish, yet stresses careful enunciation and cadence to make it the version best recommended for scoring in your PSLE.
Jian hao tan has made me turn from Indian English to Singlish totally😂😂
I don't think Fauzi has an accent, I just think that he enunciates very well and is very clear.
Lmao nah, i don't think Fauzi has any accent. He's doing interviews so he has to showcase this standard of 'proper english' in pronouncing properly, sounding correctly etc. He's talking to strangers mah so i guess he has to use proper english so that everyone be it a singlish or caucasian would understand him. When he's in those challenge videos he sounds different, more singlish and chill. Just an opinion. Anyways Fauzi speaks good english.
I like Singaporean 😊
4:56 The brown hat guy is typically me when a conversation started around
Believe me if you want to know if you have an accent or not just ask native speakers of English from England or from America. They will tell you to your face that you all have really weird accents.
I still hear the same singaporean accent I think I'm accustomed to but it's just very subtle though overall most of the time hearing how fauzi speak on this vid it sounds to me like he got a neutral accent and that's a good thing. I can relate to the people saying they feel uncomfortable hearing people who try to sound american just so they sound cool, but hey maybe they're just really trying to practice. Making sure you enunciate properly with an open mouth can sometimes make you sound american just like how they speak on the news and movies but I'll say that's only normal cause they do a more neutral accent so they can be understood clearly, and that's why you hear british singers in american accents when they sing cause the tune eliminates their accents, try listening to ed sheeran and adelle's songs again you'll notice.
I'm very versatile in any forms of English. American accent, London accent, Singapore accent, Aussie accent, Irish accent, German English accent or whatever. No crimes having an accent or accents, it's fun & it makes you feel yourself connected to the rest of the world.
love this video please do more
There are so many accents and dialects in Singapore, it's really cool, but makes it hard to keep up 😂
You definitely spoke with an accent as in people from all over the world speaks English carrying their ethnic accents. You speak well. I think Singaporeans are good at code-switching easing communications with foreigners globally.
I was born in singapore, I'm Filipino and I my grandmother's sister married an American,she has 2 kids which are half American and we're cousins. I have an accent ever since I started school.i get mistaken for being American or European.
Everyone have an "accent" when they are outside of their hometown..
Just so happens that Fauzi's accent is sexy doesn't mean he's faking it~ HAHA with this voice you can be voiceover actor! 😂
Yes Fauzi .. You do have an accent especially when you say certain words like "here". As an Asian myself who didn't grow up in Asia your "here" is more Singaporean :)
Some are real. Those are easily identified. Some are pretentious. Some white worship. Some think they higher class if they do. Some stay a few years in certain countries and forgot singlish that they use for their whole lives. These are also easily identified. Be proud to be Singaporean. There is Singapore good English and there is Singlish. Both are beautiful.
i am Singaporean and many people say i have an 'accent'. this is probably because my parents work in a place that's got lots of foreigners from America, and Australia and the UK and places like that. so they've kind of adapted to speaking like that. and i guess i have picked it up too.
I don't think eii bojio that kind of thing is "accent", i think its just language or rather "slang"
ive met people who go to the states or aussie for extended period of time and come back with new accent and explain they picked up living there. so if they went to India , will they come back with a thick indian accent too? (just example) i feel it could also be a subconscious desire to want to associate with a certain kind perceived to be more superior?
No offense, just thinking out loud. ^^