How To Make Your Singlish Sound Better (Part 6 – The Potency of Letter ‘P’)

We are back for your weekly dose of ‘How To Speak Better Singlish’. Today, we will be talking all about the potency of a single letter ‘P’.

*A reminder that the series is not for promoting broken English. We encourage everyone to adopt the small changes shared in our blogs to eventually improve on one’s speech pattern overtime.*

You may be wondering, “How can a single letter change the way you sound?” The answer is Articulation, my friends. Articulating your words and letters can bring about clarity in our speech. If we learn to master it, we can elevate the way we sound to others.

Let’s try out this Tongue Twister:

“Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers. A pack of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers. Where’s the pack of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?”

Ain’t that a lot of ‘P’s? Now let’s try enunciating every P in the Tongue Twister:

“Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers. A pack of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers. Where’s the pack of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?”

As Coach Brian always says, “What may feel and sound weird to us will sound great to our listeners!” Let’s embrace the bizarre to reach greater heights. As Fred Devito once said “If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.”