“SINGLISH” by Desmond Kelly ‘the Star of eLanka’ The newest? , “Singlish” word/s to come to my notice recently has been “Cuchi-Cuchi” & “Kichi-Kichi” Let us get to the first one first, which is the best way to start, anyway. The first “Singlish-Classic” is, or should be, “Kuchu-Kuchu” & we have to add three simple English letters to that, to combine the phrase “kuchu-kuchu fie”(all 3 words must be pronounced rapidly,(like this), “kuchukuchufie”, in a sibilant whisper preferably, for example “don’t kuchu-kuchu-fie in the corner”, meaning, in the “Kelly” form of poetry (the very best) ,including the second cute word “Kichi-Kichi”, into the bargain, like so :-Another Kelly original. “Don’t kuchukuchufie therein, kichikichi my chin.” Sorry, fakirs, I feel reasonably sure that you were expecting something else, as the title of my new song but I had to keep it short & to the point. Below, is the chorus of ...