Malas = Malaysia for Indons
Born to speak Bahasa Malaysia, could live and think in that language for 20 over years, yet the English Language which I hardly knew how to use helps me more in expressing my thoughts and feelings wide and thorough.
Bahasa Baku and buku sounds unfriendly and formal. Once I get closer to the world of Communications, it's worst, it is not easy to use Bahasa Malaysia in copywriting. I mean, nothing can sound more catchy than "Lunch and Learn".. what "Makan dan Belajar"?? What about copywriting movie titles such as "The Day After Tomorrow"? Is it "Lusa"? The depth of the meaning is not there.
Amir Muhammad's articles in The Edge are those I cannot miss, now that he is in Jakarta observing their society's behaviour. In his article last two months on 'Bahasa Gaul' he mentioned how this urban subcultural slang is used to compensate new words for new lifestyle that is not introduced in their dctionary yet.
Clubbing - Malay word? - Indon's is: dugem (short for: dunia gemerlap (sparkling night)
They express the word to describe 'sparkling outfits, disco lights, smiling faces'.
Hell we won't think that way! Sparkling in the brains after the fourth 'thani' maybe la.
A minor celebrity, Debby Sahertian, had actually compiled all the words and came up with 'Kamus Gaul' in 2001.
Here, if the word 'Sexist' in BM already became a debate for more than a month, don't even try babes! Still yet, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka couldn't design a new word to describe it in BM.
Gaul also functions by adding on syllables to standard words; making the resultant words longer than original term.
Statement: "Akika Malaysia ah ngobras samsara Diana Ross!"
Meaning: "Aku malas ah ngobral (berbicara) sama dia!"
Can you make a connection?
Word: Haus
Becomes: Australia
So if you are in Jakarta and already by hard their dicky and still feel so lost and so Malaysia to understand coz they talk so fast, you know why.
This article is specially dedicated to Khairul and ShinShin, the challenges I faced in preparing this for you made me learn new exciting things. I have scanned the newspaper article but in the midst of renting some cyberspace to link it to this page. Will keep you posted.
Bahasa Baku and buku sounds unfriendly and formal. Once I get closer to the world of Communications, it's worst, it is not easy to use Bahasa Malaysia in copywriting. I mean, nothing can sound more catchy than "Lunch and Learn".. what "Makan dan Belajar"?? What about copywriting movie titles such as "The Day After Tomorrow"? Is it "Lusa"? The depth of the meaning is not there.
Amir Muhammad's articles in The Edge are those I cannot miss, now that he is in Jakarta observing their society's behaviour. In his article last two months on 'Bahasa Gaul' he mentioned how this urban subcultural slang is used to compensate new words for new lifestyle that is not introduced in their dctionary yet.
Clubbing - Malay word? - Indon's is: dugem (short for: dunia gemerlap (sparkling night)
They express the word to describe 'sparkling outfits, disco lights, smiling faces'.
Hell we won't think that way! Sparkling in the brains after the fourth 'thani' maybe la.
A minor celebrity, Debby Sahertian, had actually compiled all the words and came up with 'Kamus Gaul' in 2001.
Here, if the word 'Sexist' in BM already became a debate for more than a month, don't even try babes! Still yet, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka couldn't design a new word to describe it in BM.
Gaul also functions by adding on syllables to standard words; making the resultant words longer than original term.
Statement: "Akika Malaysia ah ngobras samsara Diana Ross!"
Meaning: "Aku malas ah ngobral (berbicara) sama dia!"
Can you make a connection?
Word: Haus
Becomes: Australia
So if you are in Jakarta and already by hard their dicky and still feel so lost and so Malaysia to understand coz they talk so fast, you know why.
This article is specially dedicated to Khairul and ShinShin, the challenges I faced in preparing this for you made me learn new exciting things. I have scanned the newspaper article but in the midst of renting some cyberspace to link it to this page. Will keep you posted.
posted by Maine at 3:51 PM
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