Many tourists who visit Singapore for the first time are quite surprised at how easy it is to move around the city. English is considered the country’s official language and Malay is the national language. From road names to business names, English words can be found everywhere. It is not until you do get to [...]
How Ordinary People In Streets Of Singapore Learn English?
by Hanifa K. Cook on September 28, 2009 in English, Environment, Language, Learning Skills
Chinese Names Incorporated And Tattoos
by Hanifa K. Cook on January 25, 2009 in Chinese, Language
If you turn to any page in a Chinese dictionary for names in Mandarin, you may not come across a name like Sugiarto or Gunawan. Honestly, it may not even matter to you now because you will never come across them in your part of the world, say the United States of America or Ghana. [...]
Missed Noah Webster’s birthday!! 250th anniversary of an American language master
by Hanifa K. Cook on October 29, 2008 in Language
I missed his birthday on 16th of October 2008. Noah Webster was on born on 16th October 1758, 250 years ago. He had helped changed American language history. This is a post dedicated to this man. When you first pick up a book, there are a few things you look at. The title, author, picture [...]
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