Orlong
Today in class was going through prepositions and some of them got all their answers incorrect. Then this girl kept saying "orlong orlong" So wrote down her name as I always do when someone speaks indonesian in class. And some students in the class protested and said that was an English word. What was the English word? " All + wrong = orlong" came the answer. They had learnt it from their previous teacher , who was Singaporean and had told them that it was Singlish. Horror of horrors - I was cringing that these kids were learning wrong things under the guise of learning English. As a teacher I feel that we have certain boundaries we cannot cross especially when it comes to educating. And though I joke with them and all - when it comes to teaching, certain things cannot be compromised. I told them firmly it was not English and certainly not Singlish. They were quite miffed about it but they are still young so its ok.