The abuse of the world's most widely-spoken language of public administration, English, in some countries is a primary factor in marring their international repute, says STOMPer Zen.

Worse, this abuse makes these countries laughing stocks as they are errors which are not only humorous, but ridiculous.

So, Zen hopes Singapore would not descend to this low level. How can investors and tourists take a country seriously when it can't even the most international language English right?

As a frequent traveler, he sees such abuse in countries like South Korea and Japan.

In a recent to Seoul, he saw how South Korea, which have given the world the ‘Korea Wave’ and Samsung telephones, needs to brush up on its English.

“Just take a look at this sign for a dish at a 5-star Korean hotel's restaurant in Seoul”, says STOMPer Zen.

He was amused by the English wording of what is essentially a popular Chinese dish, the so-called ‘Century-old egg’.

But the English translation turned out to be ‘Duck egg in China’. “How on earth did it become this?” asks Zen.

“Even if it's a literal translation from the Korean, it still doesn't make sense at all”, he says.