A patois paradox

THIS WEEK'S TOPIC: What's your take on the inclusion of Singlish terms in the Oxford English Dictionary?

Sidney Lim Managing Director, South-East Asia Protiviti Pte Ltd

IT'S definitely one of the more innovative ways to increase the number of words in the Dictionary or to stay relevant to today's Internet generation! Jokes aside, as the benchmark and authority for what is deemed "proper English", the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) should not include commonly-used terms of any country.

Including such words would mislead the youth into justifying usage of t…