Romancing the Language
A Writer's Lasting Love Affair with English
Published on 18. June 2018
160 pages
978-981-4828-65-9 (ISBN)
Description
I had fallen head over heels in love with a foreign language that others in my community were indifferent to, had grudgingly learnt or positively hated. I embraced the English language fully, wanting to learn everything about it, to celebrate it and serve it, like the completely enamoured and enslaved lover. This delightful collection of essays by Catherine Lim explores her love affair with the English language through her stories and anecdotes about her encounters with the language. As the author explains, "e;This book is primarily to satirise (and also to celebrate) my special relationship with the English Language ... I actually want the reader to smile a little and think, 'That's vintage Catherine Lim, a mix of wit and bluster and showing off!'
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Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Mother Tongue
- Head over Heels
- The Daffodil Syndrome
- A Murder of Crows? A Kettle of Hawks?
- A Girl Named Bamboo
- Singlish? "Certainly Not!" "Aiyah, Okay, Lah!"
- The Price That Was Paid
- Lost (Delightfully) in Translation
- English Grammar Inspires a Tale
- Cursing in Hokkien, Cursing in English
- Singapore, for Better or for Verse
- Ah, the Treachery of the English Language
- I Am Liking Indian English!
- The Cinderella Story Thrice Retold
- Linguicide
- English Wit at Its Best
- The Delightful Limerick
- The Language of Irony
- Of Goldilocks, Midas, Jezebel, Dr Pangloss and Many More
- The Cheeky Preposition
- An Apology
- About the Author
