hola, it's been a while! ((:
this one article from The Star Online today caught my attention
What's there to boast when we're speaking Manglish?
WE Malaysians have always been praised by foreigners because we can speak several languages and dialects.
Most of us are able to at least master basic English and a few other languages.
We like to boast before our Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese and Korean friends that our English is better than theirs.
We even like to make fun of their English pronunciation and we feel superior to them.
But what is there to boast when we are just speaking Manglish most of the time?
Many of us fail to improve our English because of a complacent mindset.
We ignore grammar and include lots of Malay and Chinese words such as lah, arr, hor or de instead of using standard English expressions to convey our thoughts and feelings.
We think this is fine as long as our Manglish is understood by others.
For a long time, we have been living in complacency while the standard of English in the North-East Asian region has been improving fast.
More and more professionals and graduates from that region have made efforts to enhance their English in native English-speaking countries and more and more of them are able to shine internationally.
Meanwhile we are still speaking Manglish like “you got see Ali arr?” “Got arr, you never see him mie?”
While our Asian counterparts are going the extra mile to master English, we may still be thinking our English is better than theirs.
In actual fact, the number of their professionals and graduates who are proficient in English may even exceed our population!
YEOW BOON KIAT,
Petaling Jaya.
well, that really explained everything right?
sadly, i had to live with it for the rest of my life...noooooooooooooooo
i need my english speaking friends now!! where art thou?
article credit: the star online
this one article from The Star Online today caught my attention
What's there to boast when we're speaking Manglish?
WE Malaysians have always been praised by foreigners because we can speak several languages and dialects.
Most of us are able to at least master basic English and a few other languages.
We like to boast before our Chinese, Taiwanese, Japanese and Korean friends that our English is better than theirs.
We even like to make fun of their English pronunciation and we feel superior to them.
But what is there to boast when we are just speaking Manglish most of the time?
Many of us fail to improve our English because of a complacent mindset.
We ignore grammar and include lots of Malay and Chinese words such as lah, arr, hor or de instead of using standard English expressions to convey our thoughts and feelings.
We think this is fine as long as our Manglish is understood by others.
For a long time, we have been living in complacency while the standard of English in the North-East Asian region has been improving fast.
More and more professionals and graduates from that region have made efforts to enhance their English in native English-speaking countries and more and more of them are able to shine internationally.
Meanwhile we are still speaking Manglish like “you got see Ali arr?” “Got arr, you never see him mie?”
While our Asian counterparts are going the extra mile to master English, we may still be thinking our English is better than theirs.
In actual fact, the number of their professionals and graduates who are proficient in English may even exceed our population!
YEOW BOON KIAT,
Petaling Jaya.
well, that really explained everything right?
sadly, i had to live with it for the rest of my life...noooooooooooooooo
i need my english speaking friends now!! where art thou?
article credit: the star online
i am who I am
so why should YOU even care?
so why should YOU even care?
i enjoy speaking English, do you? btw, do you speak Korean as well?
ReplyDeletefor the life of me yes!! i really do enjoy speaking English, and a proper one ((:
ReplyDeletei speak only a little korean, but am still learning to become better in it XDDD
thx for visiting!
hello unnie. hishashiburi. ^^ how r u doing?? btw what's MIA?? is it a shortform for something?? u know im epic fail at this shortform thingy. hehe. *segan*
ReplyDeleteowh yeah. the internet is sooo not ok. seriously i have no mood to on9 lately. n i feel like throwing my modem away! haha.
i dun use manglish tho. cuz i speak malay all the times! haha. u know when im act nervous to chat with u at ym bcuz of my english. haha. sometimes when i take some time to reply, it's bcuz im thinking of what to write. lol. i need to susun ayat 1st. hahahaha. *segan lagi*
btw unnie u know what... i had a dream bout u some time ago. in my dream, we went jogging together. haha. :PP
hi there! am fine ^^ ne i was Missing In Action hahaha...lol nth to be ashamed of, i was once noob in these shortform thingy kekeke...
ReplyDeleteaww i feel bad for you hun...but i gotta tell you, mine is doing just fine nowadays ehehe...i better stop boasting about it before it starts acting up on me again XDDD
hey i thought ur eng is great! i'm no better too, so don't be shy ok? XDDD
oO really? should we go for it then? hahaha!
lol so it's missing in action. haha. :PP
ReplyDeleteyay ok i won't be shy. hehe. :))
btw i went to a camp last week. it was tiring. n i met a handsome sarawakian guy. lol. XPPP (hopefully no one will ever read this tho! haha.)
yeah lets go jogging together someday!! :)) but u dun leave me behind! haha.