Sylvia Toh
Sylvia Toh Paik Choo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1946 or 1947 (age 77–78)[1] |
| Nationality | Singaporean |
| Occupation(s) | Newspaper columnist, humour writer |
| Chinese name | |
| Chinese | 杜白秋[2] |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Dù Báiqiū |
| Hokkien POJ | Tō͘ Pe̍k-chhiu |
Sylvia Toh Paik Choo (杜白秋; born 1946/1947) is a Singaporean newspaper columnist and humour writer.
Early life
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "你能听懂Singlish吗？" [Do you understand Singlish?]. Deutsche Welle. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ Jagdish, Bharati (13 February 2016). "'I find Singaporeans a cynical lot': Grandmother of Goondus Sylvia Toh". Channel NewsAsia. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ Malinda-White, Kyle (20 October 2013). "Former TNP Journo Sylvia Toh Paik Choo Now Writes For Superadrianme". Popspoken. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
External links
[edit]- Books by Sylvia Toh at Amazon.com
- Toh, Sylvia Paik Choo (20 July 2009). "Sylvia Toh Paik Choo for President. Hey, why not?". The New Paper. Archived from the original on 26 March 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
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