New Zealander’s authentic Singlish delivery wins netizens’ hearts: ‘Can move here liao’

“This one steady sia,” said a netizen. “Wah the ‘yalor’ especially with the dropping tone,” said another. “This is so spot on,” yet another commented.

One Singaporean living abroad loved her precise intonation: “So good! As an overseas Singaporean I haven’t heard this in a while, this is hitting too close to home.”

Some thought she must have had a lot of coaching or practice.

“Sis definitely hung around us locals every day for more than five years,” said a netizen. “Sure you not Singaporean?” asked another.

“You can consider moving here liao!” yet another suggested.

She does hope to use Singlish in Singapore more permanently someday.

“I’m keen to live in Singapore for like two years? The only thing stopping me is the climate and visa,” she explained.

Miss Tao explained to Stomp that she finds Singlish fascinating.

“I find Singlish very interesting. I speak English and Mandarin, but Singlish is like mishmash. So I picked up on the things that my friends say that are very interesting to me. It’s like Chinese grammar in English,” she said.

She also credited her Singaporean friends for teaching her how to pronounce the words and phrases correctly.

“My friends help me with the pronunciation for the video,” said Miss Tao. “I copy them on the spot. They say my Singlish sounds Filipino when I try to speak it on my own,” she added.

Miss Tao also teased a ‘sequel’ to her Singlish ‘series’: “I’m working on a Part 2 because there are lots of other interesting phrases!”

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