Singh Song! Flashcards

All 8 cards in this deck

Who wrote ‘Singh Song!’, and in which collection?

Daljit Nagra, in Look We Have Coming to Dover! (2007).

Who is the speaker of ‘Singh Song!’?

A newly married young Sikh man who runs his father’s corner shop.

What does the speaker of ‘Singh Song!’ keep doing instead of working?

Slipping upstairs to be with his new bride.

Who complains while the speaker of ‘Singh Song!’ is upstairs?

His customers.

What kind of language does ‘Singh Song!’ use?

Phonetic Punjabi-English dialect, sometimes called Punglish.

Which pun is in the title ‘Singh Song!’?

Singh sounds like sing: a sing-song.

Where do the couple sit at the end of ‘Singh Song!’?

In the closed shop at night, looking at the moon.

How is the moon valued in the couple’s last exchange in ‘Singh Song!’?

It is “priceless baby”.