I don't know how pretentious people (I'm talking generally) can get. Naturally, different countries have different terms/names for daily household items, but some people use them because they want to be seen as different from the other majority of narrow minded Singaporeans, where the furthest they've been out of Singapore is Pulau Ubin.
Like, aspirin. If I hear any Singaporean who says, 'oh man. My headache. I need an aspirin', that's about the same as telling me you need a punch in the face to tell yourself that Singapore is not States. Say Panadol lah, fucking hard to say meh.
'NO WAY! YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ASPIRIN BEFORE? Let me enlighten you stupid one, it's what they call Panadol locally. I can't believe you've never heard of aspirin. You humour me, Singaporean!'
Or like using big words like melatonin. Eh hello, melatonin is a hormone. How do you want a hormone to keep yourself awake. It's like saying, 'oh god, my hair is thinning. Gee, I'm going to get some follicle-stimulation hormone. You know, even if I couldn't possibly know where to get it and how. I'm just saying it to sound so smart. Tee hee.'
I just want to crush their necks. Hmm, this seems familiar. The sweet intense rage of teenage angst that's slowly seeping into my head.
