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Sure, and I mean there are degrees of Singlish. By Singlish accent I mean more “fluent English” (as in your former example), with few loanwords, but a very pronounced accent. It’s not about grammar. You have as I was saying above that type of very well educated upper middle (or indeed upper) class English person who speaks fluent French with the most hideous pronunciation because they simply don’t care to put on a French accent when speaking French.
PMC Brits whose native tongue is a strong regional working class dialect (is there another kind? I guess the posh Edinburgh accent still sounds a little Scottish) probably used to hide it, although less often now (they don’t in government or media, I suspect some still do in finance and corporate law). Still I respect them for having accomplished something far more impressive than being just another upper middle class striver.
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