Gong simi? Tourist says we speak 'Singapori' and Changi Airport has the 'weirdest things'

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A foreigner who was in Singapore’s Changi Airport for a six-hour stopover has garnered attention on TikTok by mistaking the language used on information panels to be “Singapori”.

The TikTok user, known as Archie, shared his experience of the airport’s facilities in a post on March 14.Changi Airport’s Cactus Garden is home to more than 100 species of cacti and other arid plants, some of which are endangered species, its website states.But he mistakenly refers to the language on the information panels installed near the plants as “Singapori”, sparking a flurry of amused reactions from Singaporean netizens.

One user playfully responded, “Ran straight to the comments,” while another chimed in, “You speak good Britisori or whatever that is”. The jest continued with a user saying, “As a linguistics major, I would love to study Singapori,” and another joked, “Singapori is my favourite language.”It is the medium of instruction in schools in the former British colony and also the principal language used in business and commerce.

But many locals speak Singlish, an informal, colloquial form of English that incorporates some elements of Chinese and Malay.Woman from China feels like she's 'still at home' after seeing so many Chinese brands in Singapore

 

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