Sylvia Toh
# Sylvia Toh

Sylvia Toh Paik Choo (杜白秋; born 1946/1947) is a Singaporean newspaper columnist and humour writer.

## Early life

Toh was born in Penang to a Hokkien-speaking family. She is the author of Eh Goondu! (1982) and Lagi Goondu! (1986), the first two books on Singlish. She was the first to put a spelling and punctuation to Singlish. Written with good humour, the books can be considered as social history. Toh has been compared to Art Buchwald and Mark Twain.

She previously wrote for The New Paper before moving to fashion website Superadrianme.

## Works

* Eh Goondu! (1982, Eastern Universities Press) ISBN 9971711680
* The Pick of Paik Choo (1982, Times Books International) ISBN 997165122X
* Friendship, Courtship, Hatred, Love (1983, Times Books International) ISBN 9971651335
* Lagi Goondu! (1986, Times Books International) ISBN 9971652242
* The Original Singapore Sling Book (1986, Landmark Books) ISBN 9813002026
* On the Buses (1987, Landmark Books) ISBN 9813002077
* The Hosomes! (1994, Singapore Courtesy Council)
* The Complete Eh, Goondu! (2011, Marshall Cavendish Editions) ISBN 9789814328456
