English lesson today was fun... we learnt the various uses of "lah" in Colloquial Singapore English (okay fine... Singlish).

There's the impositional form: "Ha nah... very yan dao already lah."
There's the propositional form: "You go and die lah!"
There's the persuasive form: "Eat this... else you faint lah." (rising intonation)

This means if I ask a question: "Want to go watch a movie with me?" "Not free lah." can actually mean 3 things depending on how one intonates (is there such a word?) "lah". It could be the eat-shit-and-die lah, of-course-cannot lah, and i'm-trying-to-convince-you lah.

Amazing. I use lahs and lehs everyday and never notice such subtleties. This applies to the hors also. Think "don't do that hor!" and "not like that hor?" and "you did that? hor hor!".

Man... learners of Singlish have it tough! I guess this sorts of explains why most ang mohs sound unnatural when they attempt to append lahs and lehs behind their sentences. Something's just not right lor. Get my drift hor? Quite easy to understand actually leh, so don't pull a long face lah!

Interesting link: Calculate your life expectancy here! I'm a walking wreck, and will live till only 65. Disgraceful I hear, in this day and age. Right right... will get on my exercise regime next year lah. I swear.