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  • čas přidán 2. 04. 2016

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  • @SonySMRTLim
    @SonySMRTLim Před 7 lety +4159

    64MB ram, those were certainly the times.....

    • @Happytylermovieproducction
      @Happytylermovieproducction Před 3 lety +248

      and now we have 64GB of Ram as an option

    • @alpzepta
      @alpzepta Před 3 lety +92

      Lim Ming Quan also This Movie is in 1999 so 128/256 are more likely to be common sometimes can go extreme as 512MB PC133 Ram.

    • @Jamie-yz5hs
      @Jamie-yz5hs Před 3 lety +16

      Very fast already in these days!!😂😂😂

    • @nickryan6787
      @nickryan6787 Před 3 lety +48

      @@alpzepta in the future we'll get 5TB of ram as the cheapest option for *laptops*

    • @TET2005
      @TET2005 Před 3 lety +28

      $1999 in 1999 was indeed the market rate... rem I got a 128MB ram pc in 2001 is $2000 plus.

  • @PineCoffee
    @PineCoffee Před 2 lety +967

    Not only funny as heck. But anyone else appreciate and noticed, that the entire scene was done in one continuous take!

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB Před 8 měsíci

      Lies again? Driver Chauffeur USD SGD

  • @Minamee9
    @Minamee9 Před 2 lety +2786

    "How many dollars?"
    "Cheap-cheap"
    These lines really made me realize how different our languages are from English.

    • @urbonx
      @urbonx Před 2 lety +24

      Oh hi mark

    • @xXxSkyViperxXx
      @xXxSkyViperxXx Před 2 lety +18

      is siok siok cheap cheap not the same in singlish? when i hear this with just hokkien and english knowledge without malay knowledge, they are all cheap cheap to me

    • @Feudorkannabro
      @Feudorkannabro Před 2 lety +7

      Definitely it is different since it is a English-based creole just like Jamaican patois

    • @syarifidayat
      @syarifidayat Před rokem +1

      It's same, somehow unique hahaa

    • @kenngwong1705
      @kenngwong1705 Před rokem

      They’re poorly educated man😒

  • @timonlopezz2588
    @timonlopezz2588 Před 2 lety +2622

    "how many money?"
    "Your English is so bad.. I say is better"
    Also him: "how many dollar?"
    💀😂

    • @Jon-os7qr
      @Jon-os7qr Před 2 lety +128

      It is technically correct cuz dollars are countable

    • @timonlopezz2588
      @timonlopezz2588 Před 2 lety +7

      @@Jon-os7qr okay then? I'm just doing a meme lol what a spoiler

    • @Jon-os7qr
      @Jon-os7qr Před 2 lety +72

      @@timonlopezz2588 u call that a meme💀💀🤦😭

    • @aintmucho5257
      @aintmucho5257 Před 2 lety

      @@Jon-os7qr if that's not a meme then it is a meme

    • @Jon-os7qr
      @Jon-os7qr Před 2 lety +13

      @@aintmucho5257 make sense

  • @dawidtan8
    @dawidtan8 Před 3 lety +4159

    Singaporeans in The 1980's: _speaks a very beautiful english_
    Singaporeans Now: I Like your Accent Lah

    • @asusamjad
      @asusamjad Před 3 lety +166

      Yeah lots of maglish or english rojak

    • @user-ov5nn5yn7c
      @user-ov5nn5yn7c Před 3 lety +13

      excuse me! ???

    • @speedflexie4665
      @speedflexie4665 Před 3 lety +24

      this one from the 90s

    • @jont2576
      @jont2576 Před 3 lety +97

      U saw that 1990s mrt video?
      Anyway those English speakers were probably the wealthy upper middle class singaporeans from the colonial times pre 1960s that could afford a formal British education in private schools or something.....those newscasters that u saw on TV in the 1980s
      Majority of the local population the peasantry 90 percent learnt English from local teachers from the public education system hence they speak English with a heavy local sinkie accent......
      And is usually not as posh or refined or elegant as the native English speakers from Britain or wherever.......

    • @chanhoong2073
      @chanhoong2073 Před 3 lety +55

      Singaporeans in 1980's speak Chinese, Malay etc and that's when we are the fastest growing economy.
      now youngster like speak english but working attitude cannot make it. jialat

  • @wilowwells
    @wilowwells Před 2 lety +1871

    That’s the funny thing about Singapore, English speakers can’t understand their singlish, but most mandarin speakers can’t understand their Mandarin either.

    • @MixSonaProductions
      @MixSonaProductions Před 2 lety +180

      Not even the Fujian and Hokkian people can understand their Hokkian

    • @daviddsun9702
      @daviddsun9702 Před 2 lety +43

      but they are not saying Mandarin.

    • @rachelcookie321
      @rachelcookie321 Před 2 lety +22

      I mean this was pretty easy to understand

    • @playmakersmusic
      @playmakersmusic Před 2 lety +134

      Singlish wasn't meant for English speakers to understand. It was a way for our ancestors and early settlers to communicate with one another because they lack a common language. The only way Malay, Chinese, Indians could communicate was through a pidgin that developed into a creole language. Don't worry, we don't expect you to know Singlish, it's cringe when others try to imitate it as well.
      For the Mandarin, I'm pretty sure my Taiwanese and Malaysians have no problem understanding me. That's the same as how Singaporeans don't understand how some Northern Chinese speak as well.

    • @playmakersmusic
      @playmakersmusic Před 2 lety +1

      @@MixSonaProductions Hokkien*

  • @SimonFerocius
    @SimonFerocius Před 2 lety +6134

    Only Indonesians, Singaporeans, Malaysians, and Brunei's could understands this kind of language 😄

  • @x_pogbirb3521
    @x_pogbirb3521 Před 2 lety +370

    "Computer very fast, 64mb ram"
    Meanwhile me complaining about my 4gb ram laptop, oh how time changes

    • @yoovanshubajaj6125
      @yoovanshubajaj6125 Před 2 lety +1

      You should consider buying an SSD

    • @adityarahmanda
      @adityarahmanda Před 2 lety +4

      @@yoovanshubajaj6125 Agreed, my laptop 5 times faster after installing SSD

    • @intriguingfacts5434
      @intriguingfacts5434 Před 8 měsíci +1

      That's because you use WIndows 10, already run out of RAM when opening Chrome with a few tabs.....Windows 95 ran smoothly with 64MB RAM

    • @superrookie7553
      @superrookie7553 Před 8 měsíci

      The crappy operating system changed, Linux

  • @hafiiz346
    @hafiiz346 Před 3 lety +1713

    Somehow as malaysian, i can understand the way his talk😂

  • @tianshisake2730
    @tianshisake2730 Před 2 lety +956

    as a malaysian i understood every word he said, the “how many dollar?" *"tiks"* is the most chinese/malay thing a chinese/malay could say.

    • @mrkslva4231
      @mrkslva4231 Před 2 lety +6

      you guys all look the same

    • @xinrudon
      @xinrudon Před 2 lety +44

      @@mrkslva4231 ok and? how does that relate to this lol

    • @sunhopii8534
      @sunhopii8534 Před 2 lety +28

      @@mrkslva4231 damn I wish I could look like asian pop stars

    • @craftah
      @craftah Před 2 lety +2

      @@sunhopii8534 thats gay

    • @Tater_Toot
      @Tater_Toot Před 2 lety +19

      Don’t forget “eat medicine” and “open the lights”

  • @lyhi7622
    @lyhi7622 Před 2 lety +285

    We are very multi-cultural
    We speak about 47 different languages in a sentence with 68 dialects

    • @araisikewai
      @araisikewai Před 2 lety +8

      There was that time when I speak in 6 languages in a single meeting of 4 people.
      Each communicate in different languages between each other.

    • @thesauce1682
      @thesauce1682 Před 2 lety +7

      Asean have so many languages mix together, malay,arabic,mandarin,english, and many more. Probably because of the ancient trade routes of malacca strait connecting far east and west.

  • @manithangavalu7885
    @manithangavalu7885 Před 11 měsíci +177

    I'm a Singaporean, and i grew with this HUMOUR!
    I can relate to the reality of how spontaneous and innocent this was part of the Culture
    It's a blessing growing up with my Chinese neighbors and I've happy memories and the best days of my life.
    Now it's portrayed as a comedy.

  • @katemoon7476
    @katemoon7476 Před 7 lety +952

    This is very funny, and all I wanted to see was just an example of Sanglish. The two of them are a perfect pair.

    • @RonLarhz
      @RonLarhz Před 3 lety +28

      It's singlish. This is real singlish. Not those "uneducated" youngsters that think hokkien vulgarity = singlish.

    • @APersonOnYouTubeX
      @APersonOnYouTubeX Před 2 lety +3

      @@RonLarhz ya lor

    • @joskethegreat4154
      @joskethegreat4154 Před 2 lety

      @@APersonOnCZcamsX Your translation (prior to the youtube update) says "Cookie2Buckus8FskJungwa or Lore". This is definitely Singlish.

    • @rosh1316
      @rosh1316 Před 2 lety

      @@joskethegreat4154 LMAO

    • @APersonOnYouTubeX
      @APersonOnYouTubeX Před 2 lety

      @@joskethegreat4154walao eh you only like that then know meh

  • @patryk635
    @patryk635 Před 6 lety +692

    - Do you speak ENGLISH?
    - Of course lah! SINGLISH also caaan

    • @peluvefinger
      @peluvefinger Před 5 lety +15

      Patryk Kruk lol XD My Singapore and Malay friends for some reason always add that “lah” at the end of sentence

    • @ghostchua69
      @ghostchua69 Před 3 lety +2

      @SinisterÆnigmA Woi this comment years ago sial, no need to reply lah, months ok, kau tak need no more reply yes

    • @cheers9503
      @cheers9503 Před 3 lety +5

      @@ghostchua69 bruh let him be laaa ,bukan tambah beras kau pun klau kesah psl dia

    • @hiroshiyamashita2090
      @hiroshiyamashita2090 Před 2 lety +1

      Most probably drunk or SICK in the HEAD. Loser from some foreign land trying to tune into Singapore. Probably can't make it in his homeland, WHAT A LOSER!!! LOL LOL LOL LOL

    • @ghostchua69
      @ghostchua69 Před 2 lety +3

      @@hiroshiyamashita2090 Who were you referring to...

  • @dodgeindahaus
    @dodgeindahaus Před 2 lety +579

    As a malaysian,i can understand this 100%

  • @rajessingh3986
    @rajessingh3986 Před rokem +385

    These guys are simply the best of the best in the planet. Their comic timing, dialogue delivery is just out of this world. Discovered these legends in the 80s, still fangirling them as an auntie (i am in my 40s)

    • @lontongstroong
      @lontongstroong Před 11 měsíci +13

      When Media Corp hadn't morphed yet into Media Corpse 💀

    • @mrsocks8199
      @mrsocks8199 Před 9 měsíci +2

      What are their names?

    • @zhenniwang6818
      @zhenniwang6818 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Yes, what is this show called, I want to watch more of it!

    • @share_accidental
      @share_accidental Před 5 měsíci

      @@mrsocks8199white shirt = henry thia
      checkered shirt = mark lee
      they’re still acting today!

  • @Ethan348
    @Ethan348 Před 2 lety +236

    "Indian-net"
    Me and the boys: "Indians, assemble!"

  • @avourrito1819
    @avourrito1819 Před 8 měsíci +39

    The countries close around Malaysia and Singapore can understand this kind of English and I feel nothing but pride that we understand eachother's English like this

    • @RIZFERD
      @RIZFERD Před 7 měsíci

      How low then..
      Only be proud if you're a complete multiracial multilingual living around the world all alone since childhood like me.

  • @Isaac-gh5ku
    @Isaac-gh5ku Před 2 lety +48

    0:01 Who else felt nostalgic when you see people enter a PC store during the 90s and early 2000s, and seeing all these hardwares and gadgets of that time?

  • @educatorthe7162
    @educatorthe7162 Před 8 měsíci +16

    Honestly, I appreciate Singaporeans who embrace Singlish rather than those who deny it exists and brag about how 'perfect' Singapore is.
    Singlish could be the one single thing that is uniquely Singaporean instead of the 'European Country in the East' that some Singaporeans dream of. Beauty is in the imperfection, my friends.

  • @jagindas5714
    @jagindas5714 Před 2 lety +31

    As a Malaysia , need to translate this English accent to malay in my head first ,then figure it out in English back to understand it,
    Singlish= "My friend said ah , this price ah, smelly-smelly can get 2 computer"
    Malay= " kawan saya cakap , harga macam ni busuk-busuk pon beli 2 computer"
    English=" my friend tell me, that he can get 2 computer for the same price"

    • @AbsoluteMalarkey
      @AbsoluteMalarkey Před 2 lety

      Thank you for explaining that line!

    • @Dalziel45
      @Dalziel45 Před 2 lety +3

      Really lost the essence of the sentences in your translations...

  • @armanzakwan1898
    @armanzakwan1898 Před 2 lety +78

    I love this accent. Its fun to listen to when you're at the shops.

  • @RahulKushwaha-vw6be
    @RahulKushwaha-vw6be Před 7 lety +806

    Indian net. I'm dead 😂😂😂😂

    • @khooyiting5828
      @khooyiting5828 Před 5 lety +18

      笑死我了好笑internet say India net😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @FelixGotGamefr
      @FelixGotGamefr Před 4 lety +8

      some chinese people or etc dont know how pronouns english are sometimes dont understand and i am also mandarin but i still understand english

    • @ritawae
      @ritawae Před 3 lety +1

      Lol

    • @ce3027
      @ce3027 Před 3 lety +1

      @@FelixGotGamefr chinese or mandarin people? I think it should be chinese or chinese people(maybe)

    • @FelixGotGamefr
      @FelixGotGamefr Před 3 lety

      @@ce3027 Chinese

  • @Eyoki777
    @Eyoki777 Před rokem +85

    This English isn't that hard to understand once you get used to the accent. I am from the North West of England and once when I was a teenager I had to go to Newcastle, a city in the North East, for an interview. The dialect there is called Geordie. With younger people it's more of a sing-song accent, but with old people, especially back then, it was practically like a foreign language when you heard it. I stopped an old man for directions and after asking him to repeat himself twice, I gave up, thanked him politely and decided I'd just have to hope for the best. Maybe I'd find my destination by accident.

    • @mxgirl918
      @mxgirl918 Před rokem +2

      I find the Geordie accent easier to understand compared to the Northern Irish or Glaswegian accents. In Asia where Man Utd is one of the most popular clubs, they often had to subtitle Sir Alex Ferguson's interviews even in English-language media.

  • @lordgaimon8040
    @lordgaimon8040 Před 2 lety +86

    That's the cutest conversation i've ever 'seen'.

  • @iknowimgaywhenisaythisbut1369

    SEA gang can only relate
    Me, a filipino: I failed as a SEA member

    • @__-uy7nh
      @__-uy7nh Před 2 lety +2

      not if your lán-lâng

    • @josephstalin1716
      @josephstalin1716 Před 2 lety +6

      Haiyo lei dis fo Malaysian Singapore Indonesia only la, other canot canot

    • @iknowimgaywhenisaythisbut1369
      @iknowimgaywhenisaythisbut1369 Před 2 lety

      some comments say entire SEA gang tho, the only thing we can relate is transitioning 2 languages at once hahaha

    • @zafeerahrifin2056
      @zafeerahrifin2056 Před 2 lety

      You use American English kan? The other use British English.

    • @truchua2626
      @truchua2626 Před 2 lety

      Filipina is in latin america, no?

  • @bhlacks
    @bhlacks Před 3 lety +268

    I went to ask a direction in Singapore, had the same confussion as when I asked direction in Scotland. I was living in London at that time so I'm not that too unfamiliar with strong accented english, but boy, I could only understand the direction from the gesture they made.

    • @teckhakong8287
      @teckhakong8287 Před 3 lety

      7

    • @ze5627
      @ze5627 Před 2 lety +3

      Jack Neo Chee Keong , the director of this movie

    • @Happydiamo
      @Happydiamo Před 2 lety +26

      How long ago was it when you visited? Im sure that most of us here can speak proper english if we want to

    • @user-mf5iu6xr1x
      @user-mf5iu6xr1x Před 2 lety

      @@ze5627 what is the title of this movie

    • @Darren_Tay
      @Darren_Tay Před 2 lety +15

      "I went to ask a direction in Singapore..." London? R.I.P. English. We're just as confused as you are.

  • @iplaboyou
    @iplaboyou Před 2 lety +44

    i remember watching this 10 years ago, how time flies..

  • @teamyordle23
    @teamyordle23 Před 6 lety +442

    I'm high af and this scene makes total sense. Oscars winning acting

  • @wachamcaulid
    @wachamcaulid Před 2 lety +95

    As a Filipino, I don’t fully understand this but the way they switch to English and other languages is how I talk to other people in my regional language

    • @xXxSkyViperxXx
      @xXxSkyViperxXx Před 2 lety +20

      this is somewhat how chinese filipinos in the philippines talk like too. my family today can still codeswitch between hokkien, tagalog, english, and sometimes even mandarin. like kungyari, gua e-hiau (我會曉) din pero not everyone marunong magkong-ue (mag-講話) like this. ming bai ma? (明白吗?)

    • @wachamcaulid
      @wachamcaulid Před 2 lety

      @@xXxSkyViperxXx yeesss

    • @reverseoblationrun
      @reverseoblationrun Před rokem

      Stop explo iting under age boy n dity during circum Phi, shame on Phi feminist for pretend they don't know. Also obrun unfair always young male been objectified full frontal at institute (the reverse even just tanktop can be gender issues at institute, let alone bikini, let alone half nkd top less female). Funny seeing Filipinos ladies upset over lingerie yet next day defend nak d men hypocrite.

    • @samgyeopsal569
      @samgyeopsal569 Před rokem

      @@xXxSkyViperxXx 原來菲律賓的福建人猶會寫閩南文。😁

    • @xXxSkyViperxXx
      @xXxSkyViperxXx Před rokem

      @@samgyeopsal569 是啊,在馬尼拉義山有咱人字讀來是閩南話。高甲戲對泉州來菲律宾講福建話用漢文字,但是咱人學堂讀國語合國音合拼音。

  • @GabrielLites
    @GabrielLites Před 2 lety +72

    As someone who’s half Singaporean, I can understand everything they said

    • @rachelcookie321
      @rachelcookie321 Před 2 lety +2

      As someone from New Zealand, I can understand most of what they said

    • @foxhound9396
      @foxhound9396 Před 2 lety

      @@rachelcookie321 Nani ???

  • @Unteroffizier
    @Unteroffizier Před 2 lety +95

    $1999 for a 64MB Ram config computer, back then the manufacturers were based in Singapore. Now with the production in China and a mature technology 8GB ram computer cost like S1000 only. Maybe a little higher in this COVID-19 pandemic.

    • @Zeemas
      @Zeemas Před 2 lety +5

      Don't forget to factor in inflation and Sing Dollar value during that time.

    • @mimiace9361
      @mimiace9361 Před 2 lety +3

      😅 It's at Best ( you can see in the background)= Japan

    • @jaekheory6006
      @jaekheory6006 Před 2 lety

      @@mimiace9361 but best denki is in singapore?

    • @mimiace9361
      @mimiace9361 Před 2 lety

      @@jaekheory6006 There are Best Denki in Singapore. If it was film there most likely a popular place Singaporean get their electronic from during that period. 🤣
      You are using CZcams it's isn't that hard to search it on the internet you know

    • @jaekheory6006
      @jaekheory6006 Před 2 lety

      @@mimiace9361 that was a RESPONSE OKAY? you said this was filmed in japan, which i replied that it was from singapore. by reading it as an actual question, it wouldn't make sense for me to comment.

  • @spicn00
    @spicn00 Před 2 lety +20

    Living in SEA is like living in a country within a country. You go to a different street and you cannot understand what people are talking about.

  • @mariawong6249
    @mariawong6249 Před 2 lety +37

    I like this video... so original n genuine speaking in singlish ...remind me of my gd old school days... hope these guys will do more video clips.

  • @hong-ingphinn9412
    @hong-ingphinn9412 Před rokem +35

    As a Taiwanese hokkien speaker, i can understand 100% of this video.😂

    • @patricktjia
      @patricktjia Před 11 měsíci +2

      btw do young people in Taiwan still speak Hokkien?

    • @hong-ingphinn9412
      @hong-ingphinn9412 Před 11 měsíci +3

      @@patricktjia Most young people can't speak Hokkien in Taiwan now, especially in north Taiwan.

    • @hong-ingphinn9412
      @hong-ingphinn9412 Před 11 měsíci +5

      @@patricktjia I can't speak Hokkien before I learned Hokkien by myself when I was 15.
      Now I'm 18, I can speak and write Hokkien in fluent.
      In addition, I'm the only Hokkien speaker in my class.

    • @WizardSoon
      @WizardSoon Před 11 měsíci +1

      I bet you read the subtitles. 😂

    • @TCSSH-bc8pk
      @TCSSH-bc8pk Před 8 měsíci +1

      掠著

  • @bigpapa1472
    @bigpapa1472 Před 6 lety +253

    After so many years, still funny as hell

  • @kuromaki6226
    @kuromaki6226 Před 2 lety +124

    Wait a sec? Ik singlish is considered weird but as an Indonesian and part of the SEA gang, I always thought everyone who speaks english would definitely understand it because the concept is simple 😂

    • @GKPB
      @GKPB Před 2 lety +4

      Their accent plus their pronunciation and lack of knowledge of how to make a proper sentence is what makes it difficult to understand, I'm not that great with english either since it's not my first language but I'm more used to listen the accent from USA and european countries

    • @elijahhmarshall
      @elijahhmarshall Před 2 lety +15

      Trust me, we can understand lol. At least Americans probably can because even our own English is so broken and full of words from other languages we can pretty much pick up any accent/dialect/etc out there lol. Not to mention the very large amount of immigrants. You can honestly get by pretty well here with even basic English.

    • @rachelcookie321
      @rachelcookie321 Před 2 lety +4

      I’m from New Zealand and I can understand about 70% of it. It’s not too hard but not as easy as English from other countries.

    • @exelero7310
      @exelero7310 Před 2 lety +5

      I'm a native English speaker from South Africa and understood nearly all they were saying, except for the few slang/loan words here and there. Probably helps that many people here have a very strong accent when speaking English too, so I'm more used to different pronunciation, and we also have tons of loan words from other languages. Funnily enough, I found this easier to understand than some British accent videos I watched lol, some of those are impossible, not to mention that Irish farmer, I've watched that video like 5 times and still barely have a clue what he is even saying (and he's speaking English!)

    • @di-gun5791
      @di-gun5791 Před 2 lety

      With subtitles sure... irl they're speaking very fast with a thick accent. It would be very hard to pick up in real time.

  • @tiw7080
    @tiw7080 Před 8 měsíci +4

    Very cheap=cheap² 🤣 genius👏👏

  • @reeseyme9613
    @reeseyme9613 Před 7 lety +162

    64MB ram
    ah, those were the days

    • @weeyangtoh6049
      @weeyangtoh6049 Před 3 lety +2

      Computers were that expensive during those times with such poor specs😱We really come a long way😮

    • @nekozombie
      @nekozombie Před 3 lety

      @@weeyangtoh6049 Absolutely, jesus.
      What does the future have in store for the average consumer? :o

    • @crypeton
      @crypeton Před 2 lety +2

      Go to the future
      Buy old computer
      Go back to past

    • @shawn1320
      @shawn1320 Před 2 lety

      @@weeyangtoh6049 now 64 gb

    • @GF-mf7ml
      @GF-mf7ml Před 2 lety

      My computer have 6gb internal storage.

  • @operagirl0101
    @operagirl0101 Před 8 měsíci +3

    "Uncle, this is market price. Every place is the same" a phrase that i stumbled into often when bargaining at thr market with my mom

  • @dreadinside654
    @dreadinside654 Před 2 lety +7

    This is so classic! They're so young!

  • @heartsmich6208
    @heartsmich6208 Před 3 lety +57

    Until now I'll still say smelly smelly in texts to my friends 😂😂

  • @bowlampar
    @bowlampar Před 6 lety +79

    "Indian net" , how many money! is this Sin-glish ??. wow! haha....

  • @Unteroffizier
    @Unteroffizier Před 3 lety +17

    Back in year 1995-2000 OEM computers comes with 32Mb - 128MB RAM. Later with RAM configurations of 256MB to 512MB we were so excited.

  • @SetiaTriantoTech
    @SetiaTriantoTech Před 3 lety +190

    In Singapore several months ago, many people spoke English with like that dialect, so sometimes I did not recognize what they means. To avoid miscommunication, I try to spoke in Malay language awesome they could be also. I am from Indonesia. Peace for all✌

    • @dylo3212
      @dylo3212 Před 3 lety +2

      can you actually communicate with them using malay/indonesian?

    • @ttytty6940
      @ttytty6940 Před 3 lety +29

      😂 they must be Malaysian Chinese uncle working in Singapore

    • @tjahjadi659
      @tjahjadi659 Před 3 lety +13

      @@ttytty6940 might be, but it could also be becuz they pick up the language when talking/dealing with Malay neighbors or customers, they pick up the language via the many conversations 👍👍

    • @hiroshiyamashita2090
      @hiroshiyamashita2090 Před 3 lety +7

      @@ttytty6940 They are, if you don't already know. Even the Pinoy working here knows how to distinguish. Once I was standing infront of Kallang MRT, this Pinoy lady walked up to me and asked, "Sir, are you Japanese?" LOL Hawkeye lady

    • @mrmimeprime4149
      @mrmimeprime4149 Před 2 lety

      @@hiroshiyamashita2090 what a great story

  • @epicurusman778
    @epicurusman778 Před 2 lety +8

    This video made my day better! Uncle is such a player!

  • @eujunwong4300
    @eujunwong4300 Před rokem +21

    I almost spat my drink and burst into roaring laughter when he said "chop vegetable head" 🤣😂

    • @pshiva2603
      @pshiva2603 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Chop vegetables head = Potong Kepala Sayur ( Malay)

  • @juanlucero8543
    @juanlucero8543 Před 2 lety +39

    I speak Spanish and I understand the vid perfectly XD Greetings from Argentina😎👌

    • @hedwigk.228
      @hedwigk.228 Před 2 lety +1

      Same for me but that I speak German haha

  • @madhanize
    @madhanize Před 2 lety +149

    Do people actually find it difficult to understand his English? I’m Indian and I understand like 70 percent of what he says..

    • @Needsmoreflash
      @Needsmoreflash Před 2 lety +18

      well maybe you're used to hearing people pronounce English words incorrectly. I'm from the U.S and I'd say I picked up 40% of it. Had it not been for the subtitles I probably would understand less to be honest.

    • @Needsmoreflash
      @Needsmoreflash Před 2 lety +5

      What does he say at 1:21? To me it sounds like he says "My friend go outside smelly-smelly can buy 2 computer at this price." but that makes no sense 😕 Why did she call him Uncle? What does "He beautiful beautiful give you" mean?

    • @madhanize
      @madhanize Před 2 lety +10

      @@Needsmoreflash I’m Assuming what he tried to interpret is like for the price of the current computer they show in the clip, he could’ve bought 2 computers in a store of much worser condition lmao. Reminder: I only get around like 70 percent of what he says so ye.

    • @rachelcookie321
      @rachelcookie321 Před 2 lety +5

      @@Needsmoreflash I’m from New Zealand and I understood like 70% of it too.

    • @Needsmoreflash
      @Needsmoreflash Před 2 lety

      @@rachelcookie321 not surprising, which of us is closer to Singapore

  • @ronankuek8646
    @ronankuek8646 Před 2 lety +16

    Im straight up dying laughing 🤣🤣🤣

  • @danielhasibuan3846
    @danielhasibuan3846 Před 2 lety +38

    64MB RAM was fast, cost you up to 1000 plus. Imagine having 16GB RAM in that year, how much would it cost?

    • @Isaac-gh5ku
      @Isaac-gh5ku Před 2 lety

      Maybe S$5000 to S$10k plus?

    • @jason8923
      @jason8923 Před 2 lety

      I don't think that existed back then

    • @MALAY_TENGU
      @MALAY_TENGU Před 2 lety

      In that era 16gb ram didn't exist

    • @smarts6108
      @smarts6108 Před 2 lety

      Your whole life

    • @hajunjebat8180
      @hajunjebat8180 Před 2 lety

      8GB ram is the super computer in 1998.first time computer could defeat a world chess Champion.

  • @TheEcoas
    @TheEcoas Před 3 lety +6

    She's sooo cuteeee

  • @johnnysow3033
    @johnnysow3033 Před 3 lety +5

    “Indian Net”, “How many money” and “How many dollars”! 😆😆😆😆😆

  • @gamingsplatoon888
    @gamingsplatoon888 Před 2 lety +10

    That's why, I'm proud to be an Asian

  • @ieatbananaswiththepeel4782

    Bro I’ve been mostly been speaking English my whole life and I can understand this. I have unlocked a new plane of existence.

  • @noodles7193
    @noodles7193 Před 2 lety +22

    as a filipino, i probably understood like 90% of their conversation haha

    • @eloisanzara237
      @eloisanzara237 Před 2 lety +1

      The English part?

    • @xXxSkyViperxXx
      @xXxSkyViperxXx Před 2 lety

      @@eloisanzara237 no. for chinese filipinos like me, the hokkien here is almost completely the same hokkien in the philippines...

    • @eloisanzara237
      @eloisanzara237 Před 2 lety

      @@xXxSkyViperxXx oh fr? I forgot how many Chinese lived in the Philippines for a moment haha

    • @xXxSkyViperxXx
      @xXxSkyViperxXx Před 2 lety +2

      ​@@eloisanzara237 QC, or maybe these days the gov wants to now call itself as Kyusi lol. the original name of the city itself has hokkien roots as a surname, albeit hispanicized cuz of that president's father who worked for the spaniards before and married a spanish mestiza, even taught spanish and died with the spaniards in some church in baler.
      up to today, there's not really any real census data too to know how many chinese filipinos are in ph, especially many are mixed and others are old colonial-era assimilated families complicating things.
      im mostly still pure tho with no living relatives having any citizenship elsewhere but ph. the hokkien they use in the video is mostly the same as what my parents and grandparents use. the few mandarin they used i also recognize from what was taught in the filchi school im from before. the only thing strange about them is their english accent and when they talk about vegetable head or horse running which makes no sense in the hokkien of ph. i know tho that singaporean hokkien also has malay mixed in, which of course we have no idea of, but philippine hokkien also has a few spanish and tagalog loanwords, cuz siguro they spoke spanish before rin like we do with english now, and tagalog particles are very implicit lang talaga.

  • @xXxSkyViperxXx
    @xXxSkyViperxXx Před 4 lety +46

    lol i am chinese filipino from philippines and i could comprehend about maybe 80% of whats being said without subtitles. its just hokkien and english spoken fast with a strange grammar

    • @anameidonthave7957
      @anameidonthave7957 Před 3 lety

      It is teochew accent, not hokkien lah.

    • @xXxSkyViperxXx
      @xXxSkyViperxXx Před 3 lety +5

      @@anameidonthave7957 no this is hokkien. It is exactly the same words as my parents say and they do not speak teochew

    • @aka-bo6ej
      @aka-bo6ej Před 3 lety +1

      @@anameidonthave7957 i can speak hokkien and understand teochew so i am pretty sure this is hokkien

    • @hiroshiyamashita2090
      @hiroshiyamashita2090 Před 3 lety

      Precisely, that's how Singapore becomes Sink Kar Poh. Hokkien pronunciation for Singapore.LOL LKY

    • @xXxSkyViperxXx
      @xXxSkyViperxXx Před 2 lety

      in philippine hokkien, singapore is sing-ka-po. no need these extra british-style final letters la

  • @Sarkohadi
    @Sarkohadi Před 2 lety +11

    OMG, i miss singapore and KL alot 😭

  • @icebear3503
    @icebear3503 Před 3 lety +18

    I never missed watching old mark lee's movie that appears in my yt recommnd😂👍❤️

  • @kelislim1465
    @kelislim1465 Před 2 lety +4

    how ironic is it that I got a Grammarly ad before the video starts 😂

  • @CutieRingoJoy
    @CutieRingoJoy Před 5 lety +16

    Lmao I always sent this to overseas friend it's so funny

  • @thomasrobertson2225
    @thomasrobertson2225 Před 2 lety +30

    Good video! Thanks to the author for his good work! I'd like to recommend Yuriy Ivantsiv's practice book Polyglot Notes: Practical Tips for Learning Foreign Language. This book has many useful methods for learning a foreign language, how to develop your memory, how to memorize words, learn grammar, quickly learn to speak, read and write. All recommend this excellent book! Good luck to everyone in learning a foreign language!

    • @Acro_LangLearn
      @Acro_LangLearn Před 2 lety +1

      If that approach you’re recommending is closer to traditional methods than to input heavy methods like Refold/AJATT, that may not be worth a read.

  • @rishiraj4626
    @rishiraj4626 Před měsícem

    Love that sound.

  • @notstoday465
    @notstoday465 Před 2 lety +23

    Combination of Chinese, Hokkien (or taiyu) and english is the best language. I use to remember my mom telling us the story when in the 90s most Singaporean speaks hokkien and its easy for her who only fluent in hokkien to travel there.

    • @cw8
      @cw8 Před rokem

      Sadly now the new generation mostly won't know dialect.

    • @cloroxbleach9222
      @cloroxbleach9222 Před rokem +2

      ​@@cw8 Even Singlish is starting to just become English with Chinese/Malay syntax. A lot of the slang borrowed from Hokkien, Malay, Tamil are disappearing.

    • @cw8
      @cw8 Před rokem

      @@cloroxbleach9222 Yup very sadly. Think SG will become a very different country in 10 years time.

    • @joesama3282
      @joesama3282 Před rokem +1

      ​@@cw8 There has been some trend on the rise of Eurasian, ThaiSin and the 4SeaChineseWaifu, alot sgrean seem to prefer marry people from outside thus globalization effect. I think in few years time singlish will be very different maybe rojak with some thai words like "mao moi" and "jing jing"

    • @greatpianoteddy3147
      @greatpianoteddy3147 Před 10 měsíci

      I speak English and Chinese and I could understand most of it. (American English native speaker) It’s like mainly broken English with mandarin which I speak.

  • @rongbinng3635
    @rongbinng3635 Před 6 lety +31

    笑死了哈哈 希望多出这样的电影

  • @Ummmmmmmm841
    @Ummmmmmmm841 Před 9 měsíci +3

    I remember when I went to Singapore, I speak mandarin and English myself, but could not understand neither the mandarin nor English in Singapore.

    • @MaseraSteve
      @MaseraSteve Před 8 měsíci

      that's Strange, the last time my family member visited there in 2016 and even that my grandmother could understand it.. I'll have to asked them later. The only people my grandmother ever complained are the chinese in san francisco chinatown this happened in 1980 and she said "they're quite arrogant, i spoke to them in chinese they answered us in Cantonese so they got shut up by my father speaking teochew dialect who knew one of the worker could speak both and began to lecturing the worker "

  • @dizzy6947
    @dizzy6947 Před 2 lety +29

    This is legit how me and my friends talk after our trip to singapore

  • @captainbroady
    @captainbroady Před rokem +4

    Back when Singapore TV shows were worth watching

  • @noelrobinson2307
    @noelrobinson2307 Před 3 lety +34

    ah yes, i remember the "light sabers" in BEST at IMM. haha

    • @NazriB
      @NazriB Před 2 lety

      Lies again? Hello SC

  • @MKHLX
    @MKHLX Před 2 lety +9

    Its so satisfying to hear this kind ko accent lah😂😂.

  • @Bob-lz2cs
    @Bob-lz2cs Před 3 lety +26

    Watching from Manipur, Northeast India.
    The accent is identical to the tribals' English here.

  • @arsakh8499
    @arsakh8499 Před 3 lety +16

    I have been living in Malaysia, and the Singlish was very easy for me to understand LA.

    • @annemariw3169
      @annemariw3169 Před 2 lety

      Haiiya because singlish and manglish almost same

    • @thefreeburningspirit
      @thefreeburningspirit Před 2 lety +1

      No surprise there, Malaysia and Singapore literally neighbors lo

  • @braygonzales
    @braygonzales Před 2 lety +20

    As a Filipino living in Malaysia, I can totally understand the conversation.

  • @Jamie-yz5hs
    @Jamie-yz5hs Před 3 lety +26

    Surely very happy times😁 in these days... down memory lane...😅😘

  • @jessiejames7492
    @jessiejames7492 Před 11 měsíci

    Mark lee and co are the best!

  • @HendriKurniawan
    @HendriKurniawan Před 2 lety +10

    Woah, $1999 for computer with 64MB ram. Computer really expensive back then.

  • @paulcassidy2857
    @paulcassidy2857 Před 6 lety +28

    很期待辉哥有更多喜劇的新作品。

  • @DarkMeyer777
    @DarkMeyer777 Před 2 lety +8

    Hi to all those that have difficulty understanding, it's really alright.
    Majority of what they are saying are a mix of Hokkien(Chinese dialect, not exactly Mandarin/Chinese) and English. Hence, it's difficult for even native mandarin/Chinese speakers to understand

    • @__-uy7nh
      @__-uy7nh Před rokem +5

      Heck, of course its difficult for mandarin speakers to understand. Its a whole different language.

  • @rezavahlevi949
    @rezavahlevi949 Před 2 lety +8

    I can't stop smiling and laughing watching this really old video

  • @TheRunningComedian
    @TheRunningComedian Před 9 měsíci +1

    That tucked in shirt, the watch, phone holster and pager!?! Mans is lao ban all the way

  • @JamesYeang
    @JamesYeang Před 2 lety +12

    Very fast…64 mb RAM. Those were the days…

  • @booaks2980
    @booaks2980 Před 2 lety +3

    I'm from Malaysia, and we sometimes also speaks like that.

  • @Joe-vy4nk
    @Joe-vy4nk Před 2 lety +1

    This is easy to understand and im 100% English. People be out here acting like only someone from Singapore could possibly understand this. It's fine for anyone who has a decent grasp on the English language

  • @solsolsolomon
    @solsolsolomon Před 8 měsíci

    So glad they put English captions

  • @SerchhipChelsea
    @SerchhipChelsea Před 2 lety +8

    Reminds me of Taro in Mind your Language. 😂😂😂

  • @judytan9062
    @judytan9062 Před 9 měsíci

    It’s still funny after so many years!

  • @cac1504
    @cac1504 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Best ad for Best Denki

  • @santosmisha3117
    @santosmisha3117 Před rokem +3

    that girl is cute when she smile .haha

  • @Thefictitious_reel
    @Thefictitious_reel Před 2 lety +3

    Everyone in Singapore should understand this hahaha.

  • @Ryouki1206
    @Ryouki1206 Před rokem +1

    This is def masterpiece

  • @mightguy7173
    @mightguy7173 Před 3 lety +1

    Old but Gold mannn😂

  • @LargestClassifieds
    @LargestClassifieds Před 3 lety +36

    Singlish is a beautiful language, vey down to earth and easy to learn

    • @regandonohue3899
      @regandonohue3899 Před 2 lety +20

      Singlish, in and of itself, isn't beautiful. Really, it isn't. What it is, is that it's a product of its environment. Efficient, straightforward, not always polite and a hodge-podge of culture.
      And it definitely isn't a language. It being a language implies that it can be learnt. I don't think it's that simple. Singlish is a way of life. You can only learn the lingo by immersing yourself in the culture, and therein lies the beauty. Every Malay knows Jialat. Every Chinese knows Goondu. Every Indian knows suka-suka. Even with less-than-stellar English skills, all 3 can understand each other.

    • @codepizza5077
      @codepizza5077 Před 2 lety +3

      You mean broken English?

    • @tristan6509
      @tristan6509 Před 2 lety +6

      @@codepizza5077 so is american english tbh

  • @CutieRingoJoy
    @CutieRingoJoy Před 7 lety +9

    Lol this is so true

  • @theawkwardamateurpotato6134

    You don't know how proud I am to be a chinese Malaysian and understand everything he was saying.

    • @voon7820
      @voon7820 Před 11 měsíci

      Malaysian Chinese, not the other way round. Pls lah

  • @Thetanman96
    @Thetanman96 Před rokem

    Love the hokkien when they talk to each other without the lady knowing lol

  • @yamatakazuo94
    @yamatakazuo94 Před 7 lety +12

    This movie make me laugh every moment. I hope i could go back to that era of life.

  • @ken_q
    @ken_q Před 10 měsíci +6

    as someone who just visited Singapore, I can confirm that I freaked out and used full brain power to understand what they said at first

    • @Emsyaz
      @Emsyaz Před 10 měsíci

      Ouhh ok..you from which country?

    • @ken_q
      @ken_q Před 10 měsíci

      @@Emsyaz I’m half Vietnamnese/Japanese tho but i think my English is not that bad

  • @calvintieu666
    @calvintieu666 Před 3 lety +2

    Shit ! I love this kind of accent

  • @Atmos_Glitch
    @Atmos_Glitch Před 9 měsíci +1

    It's too funny lmao!

  • @shoeitsuki1118
    @shoeitsuki1118 Před 2 lety +4

    "vegetable head"
    this is so funny to watch