Singlish

Our sociology lecture (on culture shock)...

Dr. A: "By a show of hands, how many of you are not originally from Singapore?"

(About 20 hands go up.)

Dr. A (approaching a student): "Young lady, where are you from?"

Student: "India."

Dr. A: "And you have been here... how long?"

Student: "Three years."

Dr. A: "What was the thing that shocked you most when you first came to Singapore?"

Student: "The language."

Dr. A: "Oh, you don't speak English?"

Student: "I speak English; I just don't speak Singlish."