english facts? Friday, May 14, 2010 / 1:39 AM
today's entry is not gonna be about my r/s,
but about my work.
as you knw i am working at Times Centre under MC online.
There is some stuffs that i gotta share :D
i was being told to do some paper work yesterday,
& it was the hard copy of the ReadingKeys.
i notice some stuffs about english over at the States and here in Singapore.
First : Rubbish
Normally in Singapore we use the word Rubbish in different way,
e.g : Remember to throw your rubbish into the rubbish bin.
But over at the States, they call it Trash,
so if i were to rephrase my sentence it would somehow be like this,
Remember to throw your trash into the trash bag/trash bin.
Second : Taps (water taps)
Well if i'm not wrong people in Asia call the water taps as Taps.
e.g : The water tap is leaking.
But the angmohs call it the Faucets,
which i think its is pro-nounce as fau-sets or something liddat.
And if i were to rephrase my sentence it would be like this,
The faucet is leaking.
Third : Switch on
everyone in Singapore always use this word,
or can i say everyday, you might/might not use the word Switch on.
e.g : Eh! Switch on the light leyyy.
But over at the other side they use the term Turn on,
Although the meaning of switch on and turn on is rather the same.
But different country use different term too ehs.
To me its nothing different about saying turn on or switch on.
It makes no difference at all.
So in the rephrase term it maybe
Eh! Turn on the light leyyy.
Fourth : Power
We are wasting Power every now and then,
and we are using it every now and then too.
This is how we normally say it right.
e.g : Lets save the Earth by turning the power off.
We are wasting Energy every now and then,
and this is how they say it. The word Energy.
Well, most of the time we use the word energy in our own body or something liddat.
e.g : Wha, i no energy liaos.
And if i were to rephrase it my example just now, it will be,
Lets save the Earth by turning the energy off.
(it does sound kinda wrong or something but oh well, our major papers are marked by them)
and
Lastly : Spanner
This is a tool where guys normally says tht they will use it to fight or something like that,
but we do pronounce it as Spa-Nah. And my example would be
e.g : He is showing the students how to use a Spanner.
But what i found it weird was, when i was editing the english books
just for lower grade students. they don't really use the word Spanner,
but instead they use Wrench as the word for it.
I was trying to adapt myself to change the word Spanner into Wrench.
I heard the word Wrench before in some English movie,
but i never got the chance to actually change it myself until today.
and if i rephrase my sentence it would sound like,
He is showing the students how to use a Wrench.
before i end this entry,
this is what i learn while editing one of the books.
DO YOU KNOW,
That Pandas actually take 14 hours to finish one bamboo in one day.
