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brc on April 21, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Going “Write-Only”

I actually think NZ English is diverging the fastest. Some thing about being a small remote island nation that also has an indigenous language in regular use. Those guys come up with crazy new words all the time. What on earth is a Jandal?

spinningarrow on April 21, 2015 [–]

Try Singlish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singlish_vocabulary). Combined with their accent, it's a wonder if you understand anything at all when said with a lot of Singlish.

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