Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Manglish leh , Cannot meh ? Part 2

It sound "fake" for Malaysian to speak proper Chinese ....

中国人 :明天也叫他一起去吧!
马来西亚华人:明天叫'埋'他一起去!

中国人 :你再说我就打你!
马来西亚华人:你再说我就hood你!(有点粗俗的)

中国人 :周杰伦不喜欢穿内裤。
马来西亚华人:周杰伦不喜欢穿底裤。

中国人 :哇!
马来西亚华人:哇捞weh!!!!

中国人 :我受不了他!
马来西亚华人:我behtahan他!

中国人 :你不要令我丢脸~
马来西亚华人:你不要'下水'我~

Friday, February 13, 2009

Manglish leh, cannot meh ??

I recently read an article by Peggy Tan regarding "Our unique fusion language" from the Star.
The language refer by Peggy Tan is manglish.Below are some of her examples :
1)
A : Alamak! I forgot to buy the book for the boss. Matilah ... I won't be promoted . Gone lah , my future in this company is gone.
B: Don't worry ,man! The boss is quite chin chai.
2)
A : Let's yam seng tonight . We must booze this brandy .
B : Ya... don't be a pondan , drink up.
C : What lah ? I'm not a pondan ... I will bottoms up two glasses of brandy. No problem , man!
3)
Madam ! I have to go and throw water ( buang air) !
4)
You don't twenty-five (misunderstand for Hokkien) me lah !

Acutally , manglish is truly a Malaysian speaking style with many similarities with the Singapore Singlish . It is all in good fun .

I hope I have not offended anyone as it is not my intention to offend .


Everybody , keep "rojak " language Rock!!