Learning Local Lingo (Manglish) Part 2

A Word A Day Keeps the Wordbugs Away
Boost Your Manglish/Singlish Word/Phrase Power
No meaning lah!- No point (in doing it)
Come, come, (come)– Follow me; Come in
Don’t disturb- Don’t mess; Don’t make noise; Don’t trouble/bother me/him
Aiyoh!- Expression of  shock or surprise
Don’t simply, simply hamdam (hentam) (this is a good one)-  Don’t just do it without any (fore)thoughts.
Ya Loh- Right; [...]

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Durian of Tawau

Durian Town
Tawau- a town that is so proud of the King of  Fruits, Durian, they even have s street named after the fruit.
After having come back from Tawau, I am still searching in vain for a Durian Street in Kota Kinabalu. Why can’t KK town planner/council be as creative as Tawau-ians?
Durian, my kind of town!
I have [...]

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When the Boats Come In

Dance Ti Thy Daddy Song

   Come here, maw little Jacky,
   Now aw’ve smok’d mi backy,
   Let’s hev a bit o’ cracky,
   Till the boat comes in.
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                                                                  Dance Ti Thy Daddy Song
 
 

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Beats me! Me no understanding either.
                                                           

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Lovebirds On A Slow Boat To China

Loveboat Made in Hong Kong

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Loud & Clear……….To Me!

Access To Govt Flat Road (Jalan/JLN)
How much clearer can it get?

Creative Road Sign in KK

Obviously everyone got lost on the way home.
 

Coming up: Powerboat race

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Come Dancing

Dance, Baby, Dance!

Baby courtesy of Megababy.com
 

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Rider’s Chick(en) Out

Damsel in Distress

more about “Rider’ s Chick“, posted with vodpod

Reality Check!

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Biker’s Stunt

A Valentine Present to Biker’s Chick
 

more about “Worst Highway Exit“, posted with vodpod
 
 
 

 How Not To Do A Turning in the American Highway!

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There Goes Another Biker’s Chick

The Real McCoy!
 Picture courtesy of http://www.freefunnypixs.com/

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Learning Local Lingo(Manglish) Part 1

Note: This is a Local English Language Lesson Series to be updated from time to time. Have a happy English Crunching, local sytle.
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Lah
the typical ubiquitous acoustic sound rendered by a typically typical Sabahan and Malaysian. As in…
  i) Cannot lah- Not allowed, cannot do it
 ii) Come lah- please come with us, join us

Short and economical
So, [...]

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Come Hair, Stay Out of the Sun!

 
 
Forget the sunblock, get the hairblock instead!

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Boxing Smart

Inspirational Light-bulb-    ding!
Smart Alecs have been telling me to think out of the box!
Well, Smartie Pants, I’m still looking for that box that will fit me with my head sticking out!

Picture courtesy of  http://www.freefunnypixs.com/funny-animals.php
 

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Autobahn Bowling, Malaysian style

Wait your turn!
 

Malaysian Bowling in full swing

 Courtesy of Star Online
Yup, our very own Malaysian-style 22-pin ball Bowling. Play it on the way to work & on the way home again.
And it’s all free!
Welcome to Malaysia!

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