MANGLISH 2u

poison letter

2011-04-14T02:19:00.000-07:00

this people share many times.. i also not sure whos the writer.... i got this from facebook...

i start slow2

2011-04-07T17:59:00.000-07:00

Wat la yu? (What lah you?) spoken in a rising disappointing tone means How could you? or How stupid can you get?
Wat la yu.. (What lah you) spoken in lowering sheepish softening comforting tone means You shouldn't have or You should have been more careful but I still like you
Got or not? spoken is rising tone means Did that happen? or Do you have it?
Where got? spoken in rising exclamation means No such thing or I don't believe you
Sure ah? spoken in rising question tone means Are you sure?
O.K. wat? (OK what?) spoken in rising questioning OK and lowering assuring tone means Isn't this good enough? (with intent to assure that it is good enough) or This should be acceptable, shouldn't it?
Like dat cannot la! (Like that cannot lah!) spoken with serious expression means I cannot accept it this way or in this condition
How can? spoken in rising exclamation means How could this happen or How can this happen
Die lah! spoken in somber or exclamation means I'm in deep shit or I would be in deep shit, both figuratively speaking
..is it? end any sentence with this question ignoring the grammar will mean Is this/that correct? or Is the statement true?
When ah? Who ah? How ah? Why ah? Where ah? in rising ahs mean When? Who? How? Why? Where? respectively
Eh hello! (hey hello!) or just hello! spoken in the middle of a conversation means That does not sound right or you don't seem alright. You are not paying attention, please stay alert!

source: here

this is not me, i copy down so i can remember what i long forgot to use manglish... its not easy to use manglish if u r not sure how to use it.. it is an art of effective communication... actually this is the one way to build up confidence in order to speak this english thingy without any strings of many rules..

Manglish History

2011-04-05T06:07:00.001-07:00

History

Manglish shares substantial linguistic similarities with Singlish in Singapore, although distinctions can be made, particularly in vocabulary.

Initially, "Singlish" and "Manglish" were essentially the same language, when Singapore and Malaysia were a single geographic entity: Malaya. In old Malaya, English was the language of the British administration whilst Malay was spoken as the lingua franca of the street. Thus, even the Chinese would revert to Malay when speaking to Chinese people who did not speak the same Chinese dialect.

Theoretically, English as spoken in Malaysia is based on British English and called Malaysian English. British spelling is generally followed. However, the influence of American English modes of expression and slang is strong, particularly among Malaysian youth.

Since 1968, Malay, or Bahasa Melayu, has been the country's sole official language. While English is widely used, many Malay words have become part of common usage in informal English or Manglish. An example is suffixing sentences with lah, as in, "Don't be so worried-lah", which is usually used to present a sentence as rather light-going and not so serious, the suffix has no specific meaning. However, Chinese dialects also make abundant use of the suffix lah and there is some disagreement as to which language it was originally borrowed from. There is also a strong influence from Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, and Tamil, which are other major dialects and languages spoken in Malaysia. Manglish also uses some archaic British terms from the era of British colonisation (see "gostan" and "outstation" below).

source from wikipedia not wikileaks!!