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owe money pay money
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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owe money pay money
O$P$
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English:
owe
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money
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pay
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money
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General chinese:
欠债还钱
欠債還錢
pinyin:
qiàn zhài huán qián
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English:
$
Detailed etymology
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- abbreviation of 'owe money, pay money', a phrase infamously used by loan sharks (ah longs) as a threat to borrowers who have failed to return their money on time. It is often graffitied on the walls of their home or business properties.
Soon, police will have eyes round-the-clock at "hotspots" for this "public menace": Illegal moneylenders who splash, paint or scrawl O$P$ (owe money, pay money) on walls.
— 2009 April 17, Teo Xuanwei. Today, "Loan sharks beware". p.6
... firebrand playwright Elangovan is back, this time restaging an older play of his called O$P$ ...
— 2006 November 25, Ashraf Safdar. Today, "Playwright revisits old ground". p.46
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Baidu - 欠债还钱