Right so the previous one generated quite a bit of blog views, so I thought I should probably do it again. Here are some more pronunciations that I cannot stand from my fellow Singaporeans...

1. Depot

We all know where the buses get parked - either in the interchange or in the depot. The first one is probably easy to pronounce, but the 2nd word is misleadingly-hard. FOR THE LOVE OF SBSes. IT'S NOT DE-POT. AIN'T NOBODY GOT DE-POT OR TEA POT WITH THE FRIGGIN BUSES. YOU CAN'T STUFF A BUS - much less a few of them - INSIDE A TEA POT!

It's deh-po, the "eh" as in the same pronunciation as "air". Or if you want to try and act like an American, then it would be di-po. Either way, stop telling me buses park in tea pots - otherwise I'd then say MRTs park in kettles!

2. Braddell

I know what you're thinking. I mean, how hard can it be, right? Bruh-dell.

Uh no. Firstly, you're not gonna recommend a PC brand to me by saying "bruh, Dell?", because Dell sucks and I know it as I've used their absolutely dreadful laptop before. So you don't really want to sound like a sales agent.

It's breh-dal. Eh as in, air, and dal as in, sandals.

Take note not to tell the taxi uncle "bro-thal" or you could be heading to Geylang instead of your intended destination.

3. ASUS

ASUS is a Taiwanese firm, not a French firm. So don't you go around acting posh and go all Frenchy, pronouncing it as "Uh-Suuuuuuuu". There's an "s" at the end for a reason, and in this case, knowing that it's Taiwanese, don't miss that "s"! (pun not intended)

So this brand has been disputed for many years by computer geeks on how to correctly pronounce it. It can be either eh-suuuuus, or ah-suuuuuus. I prefer the latter, but you won't go wrong with the first either.

And no, don't pronounce ASUS like it is the plural of Acer. It's confusing, stupid, and utterly pointless.

4. IKEA

Don't we all love the Swedish furniture firm for its affordable offerings and a good excuse to go out to have meatballs on the weekends?

Singaporeans may have been pronouncing this iconic name wrongly, though, but we're not that far off. Most say eee-kia, like eeeeee and Kia Motors. It's not that wrong, but you'd be quite offensive if you're coincidentally looking at a Kia whilst suggesting your next destination. Or maybe you're in a Kia cab, which in that case, you could get your fares raised by a tat.

You'd be doing better breaking it into eeee-kay-ah. Of course, IKEA is an acronym, so there isn't really a right way, but the Swedish people know best and that's what they've suggested.

At least we're closer than the American pronunciation of I-key-ah...

5. Clarke Quay

One last time I'm saying this - Clarke Quay IS NOT A TYPE OF CHINESE KUAY OKAY!!!! I know we have peng kuay, cai tao kuay and so many more. But there ain't no clarke kuay.

Of course, many Singaporeans are bright enough to know that it isn't pronounced that way. But just for the minority that haven't yet taken the MRT often enough to realise, the correct way of saying it is clark-kee.

And yes, the "e" after "Clark" is silent. Just so you don't go Clark-kee-kee and make it sound very Hokkien.

Okay, I'm not Hokkien so I'm not very sure about that...

That's it because it's 12:57am which means it's time to play Zynga Poker sleep.

Song of the day:
Taylor Swift - Blank Space
(I disliked Swift heavily because of her repetitive country music. I just am simply not a fan of country music, I find them boring and all sounding the same. Her new 1989 pop-oriented album has changed that, though. I dig this one. But nobody playin' the love game with me.)