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Baby comic Jin Hao Li is still studying at the University of St Andrews, but he already amassed a remarkable win at the legendary Comedy Store Gong Show in London and got through to the final of Chortle Student Comedy Award this year; A fellow veteran comedian described him as "You are a baby who is walking - but you are not supposed to!"
The Singaporean comedy prodigy explains in this episode why he does not carry the usual sound of Southern Chinese dialects like many fellow Singaporeans do. Jin Hao talks about code switching and how his Singlish is only revealed with boys back home.
Even though he adores Singlish and Singlish humour, he is just unable to perform his surreal style of comedy in the Singlish accent and retains instead this "privileged international student" accent.
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Follow Jin Hao on Instagram
Follow your host Kuan-wen on Instagram and Twitter
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If you like the episode, please share it and leave a review. For any comments or suggestions, please contact us on Instagram or email [email protected]
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Episode timeline
00:53 Intro
05:03 An Atypical Chinese Singaporean who does not have a dialect
08:12 Singlish accent v privileged international student accent
10:55 White British putting on a “Black-ent”
13:17 Learning English through Coca-Cola-lisation
18:22 Chinese Singaporeans preferring a separate label from Mainland Chineses
19:49 Chinese Singaporeans with Southern Chinese heritage (Hokkien v Cantonese v Hakka v Mandarin)
20:46 The Manchurian people and the language (Northeast China)
22:03 Jin Hao confused between “Elderly” 長輩 and “Seniors” 前輩 in Mandarin
25:29 Jin Hao’s inability to write jokes in Singlish
28:23 The “Speak Good English” Campaign in Singapore
29:39 Why do some people refuse to think of Malaysia and Singapore as English-speaking countries?
35:35 Jin Hao performs in a non-Singlish accent in Singapore
37:33 Moving from China to Singapore
39:58 Jin Hao’s social media
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Podcast intro music by @Taigenkawabe
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By Kuan-wen HuangBaby comic Jin Hao Li is still studying at the University of St Andrews, but he already amassed a remarkable win at the legendary Comedy Store Gong Show in London and got through to the final of Chortle Student Comedy Award this year; A fellow veteran comedian described him as "You are a baby who is walking - but you are not supposed to!"
The Singaporean comedy prodigy explains in this episode why he does not carry the usual sound of Southern Chinese dialects like many fellow Singaporeans do. Jin Hao talks about code switching and how his Singlish is only revealed with boys back home.
Even though he adores Singlish and Singlish humour, he is just unable to perform his surreal style of comedy in the Singlish accent and retains instead this "privileged international student" accent.
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Follow Jin Hao on Instagram
Follow your host Kuan-wen on Instagram and Twitter
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If you like the episode, please share it and leave a review. For any comments or suggestions, please contact us on Instagram or email [email protected]
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Episode timeline
00:53 Intro
05:03 An Atypical Chinese Singaporean who does not have a dialect
08:12 Singlish accent v privileged international student accent
10:55 White British putting on a “Black-ent”
13:17 Learning English through Coca-Cola-lisation
18:22 Chinese Singaporeans preferring a separate label from Mainland Chineses
19:49 Chinese Singaporeans with Southern Chinese heritage (Hokkien v Cantonese v Hakka v Mandarin)
20:46 The Manchurian people and the language (Northeast China)
22:03 Jin Hao confused between “Elderly” 長輩 and “Seniors” 前輩 in Mandarin
25:29 Jin Hao’s inability to write jokes in Singlish
28:23 The “Speak Good English” Campaign in Singapore
29:39 Why do some people refuse to think of Malaysia and Singapore as English-speaking countries?
35:35 Jin Hao performs in a non-Singlish accent in Singapore
37:33 Moving from China to Singapore
39:58 Jin Hao’s social media
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Podcast intro music by @Taigenkawabe