Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Departmental Store


Singapore English (especially Singapore Colloquial English, or Singlish) is often thought to be shorter and sweeter than Standard English, but this is not always the case.

As this example, seen in a shopping mall in Singapore, shows, the Standard English term, department store, is in fact shorter than the Singapore English equivalent, departmental store.

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