This must be the weirdest debate I've heard since the start of the millenium. Does it really matter? So what if I prefer to call it Two-O-One-O? Grammatically wrong? Aesthetically unappealing? Tongue-twister? In stark contrast to our Singlish logic, the point is that the message gets across, how matter it's said. British, American, Broken, Indian-accented, Melayu-ised, PRC fake-Brit-accented, etc. (No offence to the examples, it's just emphasizing my point that it makes no difference.) This reason exactly is why I embrace my home-grown Singlish, and the principle behind it. Use ANY language, ANY accent, good grammar NOT required, punctuation when you feel like it. It gives the user the freedom to practise the array of languages acquired in our multi-faceted island (how matter limited the knowledge to each language), further displaying our ever interesting cultures.
Happy 2010!!
