lexical borrowings : this is the most commonly described lexical word - formation process described in both varieties. Borrowings occur widely in standard British or American English, and when these loanwords from other language. Examples of such loanwords into standard English are : acronym ( from Greek ) , data (from Latin ), garage (from French),ketchup ( from French ) noodle (from German).identify the following categories of borrowings for MalE and ,as a native speaker of SgE ,I would consider these t occur in Singapore as well. The bulk of the borrowing into MalE are from Malay ,While in the case of SgE. borrowings from Hokkien and Tamil are common