语文点滴 --- 第一课

hi guys; 大家好!

welcome to our very first language reimaging programme. this programme is aimed at creating better language habits for our singaporean students, in order for our future generation to perform well in dealing with the chinese from the republic of china.

in today's lesson, we aim to help our readers kick the habit of using this terrid (horrid + terrible = terrid) word:








liddat.







what the hell does this word anyway? a quick check in the dictionary tells you there's no such word. in a singaporean context, this word is derived from a poor pronounciation of "like that", which in turn is derived from the chinese word 一样.

hence our grand suggestion for this week's lesson is: to use the beautiful synonyms of 一样!

there are lots of such words: 如，似乎，~然，仿佛，犹如，一般。

instead of:

he like damn angry liddat leh!

why not:

he 似乎很 angry.

instead of:

he's like an idiot liddat leh he.

why not:

he 仿佛 idiot 一般.

instead of:

you dont liddat leh!

why not:

you dont 如此放肆!

that's all for our lesson today. we hope you would take the effort to incorporate this into your daily lives, 就如我一样。