111 days ago (according to Technorati's statistics), the Calm One did a post on the pronounciation of words.
Sgforums.com also has a thread on this topic which I find equally interesting. Here are some words extracted from it.
"Vase", which should rhyme with 'Base', is very commonly pronounced here as 'V-Arse'
"Economic" should be "Air-conomic" but often pronounced "Ee-conomic", because "Economy" is pronounced as "Ee-conomy"
"Flour" should be pronounced as "Fl-Our" but we often pronounce it as "Fl-ah"
"subtle" - the B is silent.. pronounced "suttle"
"often" - the T is silent.. pronounced "offen"
Boat Quay and Clarke Quay was popular, they were both local delicacies, 'Boat Kueh' and 'Clarke Kueh'
"Singapore"... she mispronounced it as "Seng-ka-pore"
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