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By itself, a poem can’t fix injustice, prevent violence, or erase mistakes we’ve made. But it can “hold you and scold you at the same time,” Daughtry writes; it can “make you float . . . introduce you ...
A study in the journal Scientific Reports suggests readers like AI-generated poems more than those written by poets like Sylvia Plath and T.S. Eliot. Nonexpert readers of poems from William ...
Given Singlish's reputation of being "unstandardised" and "broken", Klingonpigeon said in the Reddit post, the user was keen on approaching this project through an academic lens.
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has used Singlish in the caption of a TikTok video it recently posted, surprising Singaporean fans who were not expecting it from the ...
As I grew more accustomed to Singlish this summer, language proved to be an outlet for connection between me and relatives I hadn’t seen in years, as well as the team I worked with during my ...
Decades ago, my friend Caetlin received a peculiar assignment from the poet Robert L. Hass, who was then her undergraduate literature professor. He instructed each student to memorize three poems ...
Singlish may not be a global language in the way English is, but Singlish definitely sells. Dr Tan Ying Ying is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies at the School of ...
SINGAPORE — When Taylor Swift's dancer, Kameron Saunders, used Singlish words across six nights of The Eras Tour concerts in Singapore, it felt like another milestone for the country's colloquial ...
The word "can" has two different meanings in Singapore's local creole, Singlish. "Singlish doesn't really differentiate between 'can' and 'may,'" said a Singlish guidebook author.
The word "can" has two different meanings in Singapore's local creole, Singlish. "Singlish doesn't really differentiate between 'can' and 'may,'" said a Singlish guidebook author. The author, Gwee Li ...