Monday, May 11, 2009

Bahasa Malaysia

I chat with this girl,apparently she studying to be a teacher and she told me that there is one case where a student sue a teacher for punishing him for bringing mobile phone to school.Then I made some joke saying that the teacher used a better lawyer.Just for the lol.

The she suddenly gone berserk and said that I'm "xmatang dalam menilai"(immature in judging).Then I told her,don't be so serious,Im just joking la.Then she told me a story,about a professor who apparently create the Kamus Dewan.One day,he went to a Chinese shop and wanna buy something.When he enter the shop,the shopkeeper said,"kamu mahu beli apa?"(what do you wanna buy).Then the professor immediately went out of the shop.The reason was because the shopkeeper was rude for using the word,"kamu".So,she's trying to say to me,that language is important and matters,even to the "smart" person.So,made a mistakes and u gonna get it.

Well,what I thought was the one who rude is the prof.Ok.Firstly,that guy was a Chinese.He is not a Malay.He is a different race than Malays,so if he can speak "kamu mahu beli apa" was very good enough,let alone speak "correct" Malay language.Even Malays cant speak correct Malay language.We have to be realistic here.He is a different race,and bahasa melayu is not his mother-tongue language.How do you expect him to speak perfect,flawless bahasa?That pathetic,expecting for such things.

Then she said that all Malaysian must speak bahasa malaysia.Not all can do that because Malaysia is a multi-racial country.We have to accept that.Different race would have different proficiency in speaking bahasa.Let alone when it comes to slang like in Kedah and Kelantan.Hell, now student even learn math and science in English,not bahasa,so what are the big fuss about perfect bahasa melayu?We our self throw it away from our children.Again,its pathetic.

Seriously,if that is the prof attitude,he can only buy from mute shopkeeper or buy from eBay,wait,do eBay come in bahasa??

2 comments:

  1. the fact; not everyone is perfect.

    love this entry! :)

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  2. yup.cant agree more
    thx naz :P

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