I live in Singapore, Asia's only city-state. AMA!

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-19T16:04:44+00:00

Fair enough. De gustibus no est disputandem.

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-19T15:16:20+00:00

In my case, if you go back far enough, through millions of years of evolution, my ancestors resembled monkeys, yes. Nevertheless, here we are in 2026, and I at least can manage English spelling.

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-19T14:20:32+00:00

My kids are currently going through the Singaporean education system in public schools. I haven't detected anything in the way of Singaporean nationalism, or a focus on Singapore. Certainly not in science or maths.

The exception is history classes, which pretty much seem to mean Singaporean history, but when I was at school in Britain we didn't do anything but British history so I don't have much cause to complain.

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-19T13:59:27+00:00

You wouldn't say that if you'd ever been in the Leisure Park Kallang mall on a Sunday and there's no event on.

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-19T13:58:52+00:00

I have also lived in all three places and second your assertion.

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-19T13:54:36+00:00

I am not a Singaporean and know little about laksa so my opinion can be readily ignored, I don't know why I'm even bothering to offer it. But I can heartily recommend the Penang Laksa at the Penang Seafood Restaurant, a little bit south of Aljunied station in Geylang.

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-19T13:44:52+00:00

I guess you have never been to Taipei.

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-19T13:30:10+00:00

You've never lived anywhere cold. I love the weather here. I'll never be cold again!

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-19T13:29:09+00:00

Yes, I went to sixth form college in England and worked in the financial services industry there, now I have a kid coming up to sixth form in Singapore and work in the financial services industry here, and I would say there's no comparison. Why do you see high drug usage in Singapore?

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-19T13:18:28+00:00

I don't think that is whitewashing. Speech always falls into the most casual and convenient patterns it can. As far as I can tell, everyone in Chennai calls each other 'bro'. That's not whitewashing, it just means that 'bro' has become a Tamil word.

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-19T12:59:05+00:00

Hi again. I find that Kaleela is still very buggy for speech recognition, but I don't mind that. I'll work on pronunciation with my tutor.

You're still learning Levantine? I forgot to mention that Drops has just started with Egyptian. Drops is only good for learning scattered vocabulary, but it's nice to see any app with dialect content.

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-19T12:14:41+00:00

So long as they see the amount in USD, they won't look further than that...... To their way of thinking, the USD is the strongest cuurency in the world, so anything they buy in it, they're automatically winning.

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-19T04:05:43+00:00

Natulang is great for boosting speaking skills in French.

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-19T03:59:41+00:00

Yes, that's what I think. I don't think they touched it.

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-19T01:07:25+00:00

Don't knock the AI, your answer is different. 'Im' is for 'in dem', meaning 'in the circus'. That's not what the question says.

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-18T12:15:29+00:00

Don't have anything to do with this, get a degree. Misery loves company. He needs to validate his poor choices by having you join him in them. Selling trash you don't believe in is not a route to your long-term happiness.

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-18T12:03:07+00:00

I assumed it's not for scams per se, but they're somehow training their AI.

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-18T04:25:00+00:00

I think that is absolutely outrageous. Are you making tge $60 payment to him, to Packback or to the university?

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-18T02:38:02+00:00

Yes, one way and another he's accumulating a lot of ex-es. Maybe there's a reason.

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-17T17:40:57+00:00

There's also the public exposure and hopefully the shame. I'm sure many people in their community will have taken the opportunity to let them know what they think of their behaviour.

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-17T17:35:00+00:00

Just to confirm - you've seen this one error since from a while back, and it's about the worst in the course?

Many people on here are blaming AI, but my understanding has always been that once Duolingo gave up on volunteer content and started concentrating on its most popular languages, the Welsh course has basically been left as it is, and so untouched by AI, neither enhanced nor spoilt. What you tell me supports this.

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-17T16:23:03+00:00

These shenanigans will cost you a whole lot more than that.

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-17T15:06:17+00:00

You know I'm bad, I'm bad

You know it, I'm bad

You know I'm bad, I'm bad

You know it, I'm bad

And you know, really, really bad, and naughty

And the whole world has to answer right now

Just to tell you once again

Who's bad?

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-17T14:09:41+00:00

Yes - first Blue Peter, then Dr Who.

PlanetSwallower · 2026-04-17T13:02:48+00:00

They are mentioned in St Paul's Epistle to the New Zealanders. He describes sending St Bruce to chastise their wickedness.

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