{"product_id":"the-leeter-spiaking-singlish-book-2-idioms","title":"The Leeter Spiaking Singlish Book 2: IDIOMS","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFollowing on the success of his 2017 hit, Spiaking Singlish:\nA Companion to How Singaporeans Communicate, Gwee Li Sui is back with a series\nof three \"Leeter\" books covering the quintessential features of\nSinglish, Singapore's unofficial language - written in Singlish! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn this second volume, we learn that Singlish is not just\nabout lah and leh: \"Singlish oso got idiom and proverbs wor. Such kinds of\nexpression make natural sense within a language and often cannot be translated\nwithout lugi-ing some depth. Consider how much shiokness 'blur like sotong' and\n'bak chew tak stamp' bring to a situation with people being tekanded. Use\n'pattern more than badminton', 'mee siam mai hum', or 'last time policeman wear\nshorts', and you'll have pecah lobang your true fewling on a matter without\nsaying more.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr Gwee Li Sui\u003c\/b\u003e is a former academic who now\nlabours in the arts as a poet, writer, editor, literary critic and graphic\nartist. He wrote Singapore’s first long-form graphic novel, Myth of the Stone,\nback in 1993, and has five books of verse to date. He has edited numerous\nliterary anthologies, including Singathology: 50 New Works by Celebrated\nSingaporean Writers (2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44832704921807,"sku":"9789815009613","price":16.3,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_d103589c-6b9b-46f8-a924-7ed4a5d0c5a7.jpg?v=1770692254","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/the-leeter-spiaking-singlish-book-2-idioms","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}