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Comment on Makes me wonder… by Sylvia Giacinta

Sylvia Giacinta — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:40:57 +0000

waduh, maap deh klo bikin emo. Ini post udah lama banget hahahaha..

Good luck buat midterms!!

Comment on Makes me wonder… by Sabun

Sabun — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:54:44 +0000

OMG Syl, jadi ikutan emo haha =x how to study for midterm like this!!! Haha

Comment on Sorry I Don’t Speak Bahasa by Sylvia Giacinta

Sylvia Giacinta — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:43:15 +0000

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!)

Comment on Sorry I Don’t Speak Bahasa by Jasmine

Jasmine — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:02:31 +0000

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!
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Comment on Sorry I Don’t Speak Bahasa by Sylvia Giacinta

Sylvia Giacinta — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:29:13 +0000

why is Malaysia confused? I would dare say Singapore is even more confused. Hehehe.

Comment on Sorry I Don’t Speak Bahasa by e.lee

e.lee — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:43:17 +0000

yes, this confusion is common in Malaysia, a place that is already very confused hahah
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Comment on Sorry I Don’t Speak Bahasa by Sylvia Giacinta

Sylvia Giacinta — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:23:42 +0000

somehow I also think it’s because Bahasa is easier to pronounce than Indonesian/Melayu

Comment on Sorry I Don’t Speak Bahasa by Sylvia Giacinta

Sylvia Giacinta — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:47:28 +0000

yah sorry bout that, i think it’s time to upgrade my plugin.

Comment on Sorry I Don’t Speak Bahasa by yuku

yuku — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:19:11 +0000

btw something is obviously wrong, I don’t use mac and I don’t use Safari.

Comment on Sorry I Don’t Speak Bahasa by yuku

yuku — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:17:47 +0000

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”