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mah-mee
Commonly found variants; note these may range from acceptable alternatives to
non-standard forms or incorrect spellings*.
* 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.
* 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.
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mah-mee nyonya mah mee
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mah mee
Detailed etymology
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noun
- a Peranakan dish of yellow noodles stir-fried with prawns, pork, vegetables, garlic, shallots, chilli, tau cheo, and other ingredients in a prawn-based stock. It was likely derived from the Hokkien dish Hokkien mee.
The finished Nyonya Mah Mee should be deliciously moist with the noodles fluffed up and succulent after soaking in the sauce and all its lovely flavours but still maintaining its springy textures.
— 2015 August 29. Travelling Foodies, "On the Trail of the Phoenix – Nyonya Mah Mee". https://travellingfoodies.wordpress.com/2015/08/29/mah-mee/
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