Sylvia Toh

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

Sylvia Toh Paik Choo
Born1946/1947 (age 73–74)[1]
Penang, British Malaya
NationalitySingaporean
OccupationNewspaper columnist, humour writer
Chinese name
Chinese杜白秋[2]
Hanyu PinyinDù Báiqiū
Hokkien POJTǒ͘ Pe̍k-chhiu

Early life

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.

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

Works
  • 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
gollark: Well, there are multiple patterns for most items, see.
gollark: How to generate the list of crafting tasks and their order.
gollark: That bit is easy.
gollark: I could do it in not-lua, I guess.
gollark: I have a (gigantic) dump of all recipes and their costs.

References
  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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