* Singlish is a largely spoken creole, and as such descriptivism (recording forms that reflect actual pronunciation in spoken language, or as appearing in the linguistic corpus) is more pertinent than strict prescriptivism. Nevertheless, the use of more standard forms (or for words originating in languages with Latin script, such as Malay, accurate to the original spelling) is recommended and encouraged.
also can:
jiro zilo
jilo
→
English:
zero
definitions
noun
- zero; none; nothing
will remove one jilo to my loan and add one jilo to my saving boh?
— 2021 November 24, randomph. Hardwarezone, "{SIAO LIAO} 'DBS MANAGER' : DBS Servers have been hacked this morning. Anyone can verify???". https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/siao-liao-dbs-manager-dbs-servers-have-been-hacked-this-morning-anyone-can-verify.6646255/page-22
If got buy, got little hope. If no buy, got jilo hope. Jin satki ...
— 2023 December 21, bruiser69. Hardwarezone, "Tonight 9.31pm I'm going quit my job liao! Letter written and ready to email out nia ~". https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/tonight-9-31pm-im-going-quit-my-job-liao-letter-written-and-ready-to-email-out-nia.6982270/
synonyms:
numeral
- zero; 0
Jilo is the only number with no value.
— 2022 July 13, Ambergris. Hardwarezone, "Is 0 considered a number?". https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/is-0-considered-a-number.6778462/page-2
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