malaysian english (manglish)

yeah...it kinda fun too...manglish rules baik punyer laa...

Manglish reminds me vaguely of Newspeak.

Manglish:

Squall :Ey, Cloud, where you going just now?
Tidus :Ya-lah.We all looking everywhere cannot find.
Cloud :But i buying MRT ticket what, don't angry laa.
Squall :We all not angry one.OK one.


English:

Squall :Cloud, where've you been?
Tidus :Yes, we've been looking for you everywhere.
Cloud :I went to buy MRT tickets.Don't be angry.
Squall :It's all right, we're not angry.

So this thread is about bad English? Thats not hard to find. Go to any English council estate and you'll feel right at home

Wanna know who has the worst English? Americans. I mean, at least the other countries don't have English listed as their first language. Americans butcher our words on a regular basis and still call it 'English' when it clearly is not.

Talking to people who don't know your language very well is great fun. I love it.

^ Yeah. Even the American President on the podium for his State of the Union Address fumbled his grammar+vocabulary.

But I noticed that Singaporeans, when they type informally e.g. in chat or forums, they sometimes go "-la". Like, "It's funny-la!". or "Hahah she's stupid-la!"
Why do they do that?

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Originally Posted by 41-Inches-Wide

^ Yeah. Even the American President on the podium for his State of the Union Address fumbled his grammar+vocabulary.

But I noticed that Singaporeans, when they type informally e.g. in chat or forums, they sometimes go "-la". Like, "It's funny-la!". or "Hahah she's stupid-la!"
Why do they do that?

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actually that 'la' came from manglish...

Because it's a habit! I think. Most Singaporeans have trouble not speaking singlish. As in, their idea of english is singlish!
It's quite catchy. :excited:

Really? It's from malaysia? Hn.
So, why the "-la"?

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Originally Posted by 41-Inches-Wide

^ Yeah. Even the American President on the podium for his State of the Union Address fumbled his grammar+vocabulary.

But I noticed that Singaporeans, when they type informally e.g. in chat or forums, they sometimes go "-la". Like, "It's funny-la!". or "Hahah she's stupid-la!"
Why do they do that?

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actually that 'la' came from manglish...

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Noooo! I thought it came from mandarin right?
I mean when I hear people speaking in mandarin I always here a la or lor or something.

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Originally Posted by 41-Inches-Wide

Really? It's from malaysia? Hn.
So, why the "-la"?

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i don't know la...you find it for yourself la...

[QUOTE=Ki Ki][QUOTE=ekinserge]

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Originally Posted by 41-Inches-Wide

^ Yeah.
Noooo! I thought it came from mandarin right?
I mean when I hear people speaking in mandarin I always here a la or lor or something.

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Hahah I thought that it was from Chinese too! :D

@Ekinserge
You tell me, you're the one from malaysia.

chinese usually use 'lo' or 'ma'...

malay use 'la'...

but in malaysia there are malay, chinese, indian and other minority races...

so that 'la' are used by all malaysian who love manglish...

I think Americish is butchering English enough, I'm not sure we need Manglish for more damage. o_O'

manglish don't do damage to english because it is only used by malaysian...yet malaysian still use english in formal occasion...