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.
also can:
merepet repek repet
merepek
→
Malay:
merepek
Detailed etymology
definitions
verb
- to prattle; to yap; to talk incessantly
noun
- rubbish; nonsense; drivel
I gave up worrying about what people are going to write about me. Some magazines even wrote about me when they didn't even interview me, merepek (rubbish) only ...
— 1994 June 1, Norenshah Sahari (quoting Rahimah Rahim). The New Paper, "Coping with publicity". p.37
synonyms: