Talk:Singaporean Mandarin

Origin of Lu Mien

滷麵 Lu Mien comes from Hokkien style cooking which makes thick gravy for the noodles. Lu means 'thick gravy' and it's also used in Taiwan and PRC. It's not unique to Singapore.

175.140.91.120 (talk) 16:21, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge proposal

Now that Colloquial Singaporean Mandarin/Singdarin has been deleted (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Singdarin), there is less point than ever to keeping a separate article for Standard Singaporean Mandarin, whose content is highly duplicative and mostly misguided: it's mostly about colloquial speech, not the formal register. Jpatokal (talk) 20:28, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with a merge, official standards make sense as a part of the wider article, but I am unsure there is enough to make them standalone, especially as any changes would impact colloquial Mandarin use too. CMD (talk) 07:48, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support per nomination
78.81.123.235 (talk) 19:14, 10 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have gone ahead and merged the page. Asamboi (talk) 01:17, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Singdarin? Singnese!?

I lived in Singapore for 10 years and not once have I heard anybody use the word "Singdarin", much less "Singnese". Any references to back up the claim that these are "commonly used" terms? Asamboi (talk) 11:48, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Googling the term brings up a few results. It is not commonly used but it is not entirely unused either, it simply has limited usage. You do not hear anyone saying, "I am speaking Colloquial Singaporean Mandarin," when chatting casually with other locals in Mandarin either. Aleain (talk) 12:31, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I might add I have no clear knowledge of where these terms originated, and it may be that I do not consider it a priority. I suspect the term arose from attempts to draw parallels with Singlish. Given that its origins are uncertain and not well documented, I wouldn't object refraining from using the terms until more established research becomes available. Aleain (talk) 12:34, 14 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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