Kopi Compiler

Every kopitiam order is a tiny program. Type one in and watch uncle run it.

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      KOPI COMPILER

      Your order, punched like a loom card.

      Where the words come from

      The counter mixes Malay, Hokkien, Cantonese and English, sometimes in one breath. Hainanese families played a big part in starting Singapore's kopitiam culture, and kopitiam itself is Malay kopi plus Hokkien tiam, a shop.

        Teach uncle a new word

        Languages grow when people make things up. Invent a word, give it a job, and the compiler accepts it on this device.

        What it does
        Colour in the cup

        Your dialect

        No words yet. Uncle is listening.