I knooooo, Singapore content (gasp), but this is such an interesting post, esp to those literate in written Chinese https://social.coop/@konrad/110670337211553442. About different way Singapore is spelled in hanzi over the years
In Cantonese, 星加坡 sounds more natural because it's sing ka po. 新加坡 sounds like sun ka po.
In mandarin 新加坡 is probably a little easier to roll off in mandarin because it's sin jia po, while 星加坡 is sing jia po.
So the name used probably depends on the dialect that the text was intended to be verbalised in.
Note, my spelling is to help illustrate the sounds to a someone who does't know how to vocalise chinese words. If you already know romanised chinese (pinyin) then all the above you can figure out on your own anyway.
yeah, feel a bit sleepy after lunch liao ahahahah and i am taking annual leave next week so really excited for 6pm hahahahahaha good luck to you la hope you able to finish your work and enjoy the weekends~
That sucks :((( my friend heard they’re opening in batches tho, so maybe there’s still hope?
I don’t know if I got, it has been “payment processing” since 12.40pm. And it says payment method credit card but I used a debit card. Idk if I selected wrongly T.T
Money gone from my available balance but can still see it in available balance. Nobody else got in so we all just praying super hard now.
Noob question about creating a new post in this community- I tried yesterday and today, got nothing but the endless whirring green circle for all 3 times attempts.
What I did was:
Click on "Create a Post" button in the side bar.
Left "URL" field blank cos I only wanted to do a text post.
Filled in the "Title" field
Typed the test of the post in the "Body" field.
Make sure Café is selected in the "Community" field
Hmm, have you make sure "cafe" is selected in the "community"?
Maybe try posting it in incognito mode to make sure cache didn't mess it up. The endless spinning mean it has an error but the current version is incapable of displaying error message.
For now, I view this as a gathering place for people to blow water/ talk cock/ shoot the breeze. It doesn't have enough participants (yet) that someone can just lie back and watch the endless scroll of comments and links.
If I'm in a small picnic and I don't say a word to anyone, I'm not making the picnic any more sociable.
If you're at a buzzing student party then maybe you can get by just watching the show, listening to other people chatter etc. But not here. Here not enough crowd for that.
Blow water and talk cock is an acquired taste, but i share the same enthusiasm. r/malaysia has become more and more left. I haven't open the Reddit app for a week now, I hope the shift will sticks. I am still exploring the Fediverse and the interconnects of difference instances.
Not sure about others butas long as its not offensive, i'd let it slide. Everyone have a cringe moment that only they themswlves will remember the rest of their life, but not other people.