剛才電視新聞報導新加坡旅遊業復甦，字幕是「新加坡」，但報導員由始至終都是讀「星加坡」。
香港人習慣說「星加坡」，但Singapore 正式的中文國名是「新加坡」，不知要再過多久，香港人才會改口說「新加坡」。
至於我，說formal speech 時說新加坡，說informal speech 時說星加坡。
(至於為甚麼「加」讀做「架」，要請教研究方言的歷史學家了。).
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