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06-27-2016, 01:13 PM
The cast of 'Les Misérables' take a stab at Singlish and fail adorably
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When it comes to Singlish, **t all **obs will ace it like Orange is the New Black actress, Uzo Aduba, did on her first try (http://mashable.com/2016/06/24/uzo-aduba-oitnb-singlish/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial).
On Saturday, a video of the cast of hit musical*Les Misérables, which is currently running in Singapore, being tested on Singlish was posted on its Facebook page.
The two-and-a-half minute video showed how much the thespians struggled with pro**uncing and deducing the meanings of common words and phrases, which are a mix of Chinese and Malay loanwords with English.*
But we couldn't get mad at them for butchering Singapore's Creole, especially when they tried their best to get them right. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/27/les-mis-cast-singlish-test/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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When it comes to Singlish, **t all **obs will ace it like Orange is the New Black actress, Uzo Aduba, did on her first try (http://mashable.com/2016/06/24/uzo-aduba-oitnb-singlish/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial).
On Saturday, a video of the cast of hit musical*Les Misérables, which is currently running in Singapore, being tested on Singlish was posted on its Facebook page.
The two-and-a-half minute video showed how much the thespians struggled with pro**uncing and deducing the meanings of common words and phrases, which are a mix of Chinese and Malay loanwords with English.*
But we couldn't get mad at them for butchering Singapore's Creole, especially when they tried their best to get them right. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/27/les-mis-cast-singlish-test/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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