Re: [xmca] Allan Luke on Race and Language as Capital -- part 2

Food and talk must be coordinated in special ways that it seemed to
difficult
to discuss in the context. Something about not talking with your mouth full.
mike

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 8:28 PM, Ng Foo Keong <lefouque@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey! You missed out the other thing -- good food.
>
> We have all sorts of food Chinese (various regions), Malay, Indian,
> Western, ...
> We also have fusion foods (our own concoctions): e.g. Cheeze Prata,
> Hokkien Noodles (Malay style), Chicken Pau (Islamised version of 'Char
> Siew Pau'), ... etc. etc.
>
> Heh! Heh! ;-)
>
>
>
> 2008/11/27 Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>:
> > Foo Keong--
> >
> > So, despite problems that are difficult to discuss, it seems that
> > However, with globalization and increased mobility (esp. of well-educated
> > professionals), our national identity seems to be held together only by
> > Singlish (which is officially frowned upon).
> >
> > a "lingua franca" that belongs to everyone but no one, effacing the
> problems
> > that Alan and Jay highlighted??
> >
> > mike
>
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