Comments on: Sorry I Don’t Speak Bahasa http://www.mygreyworld.com/blog/2010/01/27/sorry-i-dont-speak-bahasa/ I grey, you grey. Yeay. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:22:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: louis vuitton alma http://www.mygreyworld.com/blog/2010/01/27/sorry-i-dont-speak-bahasa/comment-page-1/#comment-72636 louis vuitton alma Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:58:37 +0000 http://www.mygreyworld.com/blog/?p=807#comment-72636 hi!,I really like your writing very a huge amount of! percentage we keep up to date a correspondence more to do with this post on AOL? I require a professional for this area to unravel my problem. Maybe thatпїЅпїЅs you! Taking a look forward to view you. hi!,I really like your writing very a huge amount of! percentage we keep up to date a correspondence more to do with this post on AOL? I require a professional for this area to unravel my problem. Maybe thatпїЅпїЅs you! Taking a look forward to view you.

]]> By: Sylvia Giacinta http://www.mygreyworld.com/blog/2010/01/27/sorry-i-dont-speak-bahasa/comment-page-1/#comment-23504 Sylvia Giacinta Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:43:15 +0000 http://www.mygreyworld.com/blog/?p=807#comment-23504 Yup. Usually my easiest explanation is "Similar, but different. Came from the same root, but evolved to be 2 different languages." If he/she ever needs more explanation, just say that Malaysia used to be colonized by the British and hence many English loan words. Indonesia used to be colonized by the Dutch and hence many Dutch loan words (and many other loan words!) Yup. Usually my easiest explanation is “Similar, but different. Came from the same root, but evolved to be 2 different languages.”

If he/she ever needs more explanation, just say that Malaysia used to be colonized by the British and hence many English loan words. Indonesia used to be colonized by the Dutch and hence many Dutch loan words (and many other loan words!)

]]> By: Jasmine http://www.mygreyworld.com/blog/2010/01/27/sorry-i-dont-speak-bahasa/comment-page-1/#comment-23503 Jasmine Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:02:31 +0000 http://www.mygreyworld.com/blog/?p=807#comment-23503 Love this! Another misconception is that whenever I tell my friends I took Bahasa Indonesia in school, they will say it's Bahasa Melayu. Lost count of the times that I told them that both are different! .-= Jasmine´s last blog ..<a href="http://maestoso-amore.com/?p=2011" rel="nofollow">Man spewed vulgarities at me.</a> =-. Love this!

Another misconception is that whenever I tell my friends I took Bahasa Indonesia in school, they will say it’s Bahasa Melayu. Lost count of the times that I told them that both are different!
.-= Jasmine´s last blog ..Man spewed vulgarities at me. =-.

]]> By: Sylvia Giacinta http://www.mygreyworld.com/blog/2010/01/27/sorry-i-dont-speak-bahasa/comment-page-1/#comment-23499 Sylvia Giacinta Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:29:13 +0000 http://www.mygreyworld.com/blog/?p=807#comment-23499 why is Malaysia confused? I would dare say Singapore is even more confused. Hehehe. why is Malaysia confused? I would dare say Singapore is even more confused. Hehehe.

]]> By: e.lee http://www.mygreyworld.com/blog/2010/01/27/sorry-i-dont-speak-bahasa/comment-page-1/#comment-23490 e.lee Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:43:17 +0000 http://www.mygreyworld.com/blog/?p=807#comment-23490 yes, this confusion is common in Malaysia, a place that is already very confused hahah .-= e.lee´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/E6n1s24-7Armistice/~3/18m-HpnrO0g/past-postcolonialism-and-wedgwood-tea.html" rel="nofollow">'Past' Postcolonialism and Wedgwood Tea</a> =-. yes, this confusion is common in Malaysia, a place that is already very confused hahah
.-= e.lee´s last blog ..‘Past’ Postcolonialism and Wedgwood Tea =-.

]]> By: Sylvia Giacinta http://www.mygreyworld.com/blog/2010/01/27/sorry-i-dont-speak-bahasa/comment-page-1/#comment-23483 Sylvia Giacinta Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:23:42 +0000 http://www.mygreyworld.com/blog/?p=807#comment-23483 somehow I also think it's because Bahasa is easier to pronounce than Indonesian/Melayu somehow I also think it’s because Bahasa is easier to pronounce than Indonesian/Melayu

]]> By: Sylvia Giacinta http://www.mygreyworld.com/blog/2010/01/27/sorry-i-dont-speak-bahasa/comment-page-1/#comment-23482 Sylvia Giacinta Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:47:28 +0000 http://www.mygreyworld.com/blog/?p=807#comment-23482 yah sorry bout that, i think it's time to upgrade my plugin. yah sorry bout that, i think it’s time to upgrade my plugin.

]]> By: yuku http://www.mygreyworld.com/blog/2010/01/27/sorry-i-dont-speak-bahasa/comment-page-1/#comment-23465 yuku Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:19:11 +0000 http://www.mygreyworld.com/blog/?p=807#comment-23465 btw something is obviously wrong, I don't use mac and I don't use Safari. btw something is obviously wrong, I don’t use mac and I don’t use Safari.

]]> By: yuku http://www.mygreyworld.com/blog/2010/01/27/sorry-i-dont-speak-bahasa/comment-page-1/#comment-23464 yuku Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:17:47 +0000 http://www.mygreyworld.com/blog/?p=807#comment-23464 I have been always thinking that way, but someone pointed out that Bahasa may mean "Bahasa Indonesia or Bahasa Melayu/Malaysia" Maybe in the past when westerners comes here, they grouped that 2 languages into one and the common word they have is "Bahasa" I have been always thinking that way, but someone pointed out that Bahasa may mean “Bahasa Indonesia or Bahasa Melayu/Malaysia”

Maybe in the past when westerners comes here, they grouped that 2 languages into one and the common word they have is “Bahasa”

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