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Sylvia Toh

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Sylvia Toh Paik Choo
Born1946 or 1947 (age 77–78)[1]
NationalitySingaporean
Occupation(s)Newspaper columnist, humour writer
Chinese name
Chinese杜白秋[2]
Hanyu PinyinDù Báiqiū
Hokkien POJTō͘ Pe̍k-chhiu

Sylvia Toh Paik Choo (杜白秋; born 1946/1947) is a Singaporean newspaper columnist and humour writer.

Early life

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Toh was born in Penang to a Hokkien-speaking family. She is the author of Eh Goondu! (1982) and Lagi Goondu! (1986), the first two books on Singlish.[3] She was the first to put a spelling and punctuation to Singlish. Written with good humour, the books can be considered as social history. Toh has been compared to Art Buchwald and Mark Twain.[citation needed]

She previously wrote for The New Paper before moving to fashion website Superadrianme.[4]

Works

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  • Eh Goondu! (1982, Eastern Universities Press) ISBN 9971711680
  • The Pick of Paik Choo (1982, Times Books International) ISBN 997165122X
  • Friendship, Courtship, Hatred, Love (1983, Times Books International) ISBN 9971651335
  • Lagi Goondu! (1986, Times Books International) ISBN 9971652242
  • The Original Singapore Sling Book (1986, Landmark Books) ISBN 9813002026
  • On the Buses (1987, Landmark Books) ISBN 9813002077
  • The Hosomes! (1994, Singapore Courtesy Council)
  • The Complete Eh, Goondu! (2011, Marshall Cavendish Editions) ISBN 9789814328456

References

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  1. ^ "Are You Calling Me 'Old'? Turn Back The Clock". CNA Insider. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2018 – via WatsupAsia. How do seniors REALLY feel when we call them 'old' or assume they need help? 'I would think of my grandparents. Never when people say "elderly" do I think they mean me' – Sylvia Toh Paik Choo, 70.
  2. ^ "你能听懂Singlish吗?" [Do you understand Singlish?]. Deutsche Welle. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  3. ^ Jagdish, Bharati (13 February 2016). "'I find Singaporeans a cynical lot': Grandmother of Goondus Sylvia Toh". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  4. ^ Malinda-White, Kyle (20 October 2013). "Former TNP Journo Sylvia Toh Paik Choo Now Writes For Superadrianme". Popspoken. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
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