Meet the 25-year-old behind Chimbridge, the viral Singlish dictionary with new terms like ‘lao hong biscuit’

However, you may be left wondering: Why would someone put so many time into things without a wall?

RECORDING WITH SHE HOKKIEN ROOTS

Goh’s passion of language dates up to when he was a teenager, when he started learning German and Danish for joy. Today, he is even talk verbal Spanish, Melayu, and most just, Hokkien. &nbsp,

&nbsp,” My community is really jiak kentang one, he said. The appearance actually means” eat onions “or, in Chimbridge”, Westernised”.

” But since I’m third Hokkien, and it’s a very important speech in terms of cultural identity and past, I thought I may try and learn it.”

Goh discovered a lot of interesting words while researching Hokkien and realized that the dialect, which is frequently written in romanized form, could also be represented in Chinese.

” That was partially why I started a list of Singlish thoughts with Chinese meanings, which later evolved into this Singlish vocabulary, “he added.

Goh was inspired to keep Singlish because of the fear that Hokkien might eventually vanish. After traveling overseas, he observed how special it is, anything Singaporeans frequently take for granted.

More important, he’s passionate about challenging the notion of Singlish as an illegal language. In contrast to other Singlish definitions, which tend to be more humorous, Chimbridge takes a more scientific approach.