Datapoint Colloquial Singapore English (Singlish)/Never as preverbal past tense negator

Variety: Colloquial Singapore English (Singlish)
Feature: Never as preverbal past tense negator
Value: B - feature is neither pervasive nor extremely rare
Informants: Lisa Lim and Umberto Ansaldo

Examples

Example 3596:
John never eat durian.
John didn't eat the durian.'