[Malaysian Musers Thread]

yeah i know you weren't. it just sparks off an irrational feeling of anger within me every time someone assumes that when someone's a malaysian, he/she has to speak our national language. usually it'd be a complete valid and reasonable assumption if this wasn't malaysia we're talking about. the main reason, i guess, behind why i got a little defensive (ok maybe more than a little) is that people tend to forget that malaysia isn't a homogenous country and is a country that doesn't really make it compulsory for non-bumiputera to adopt a malay name or to speak the malay language, and that while most people are able to speak malay, being of the malay race or no, a lot actually choose not to.

oh, on the uh, language topic, i speak english simply because i'm more comfortable with it as i speak it on a daily basis, and er.. its the ONLY language that i'm good at, to be honest. my Malay sucks. aye lort. and i cant speak Chinese/Cantonese/Hokkien for nuts so i dont even bother. hehheh.

 

edit: oh, and uh, happy new year? heh.

Hmm, that's very interesting. Didn't know that most people do prefer to speak in english. It really is multi-cultural. I've never been to Malaysia, despite how close it was to me, so I haven't been exposed to the culture and I guess it really is different from Indonesia.

 

 

Oh, Happy New Years everybody.

[Malaysian Musers Thread]

Well, to make it clear, I wasn't slagging you guys off. I find it actually cool that you guys speak in english, because like vspirit says, its open for anybody I guess. I was just curious.

 

Oh and vspirit, what a read. I did read it all though. I'm not sure myself why. If I understood that right, I find there's no need to force someone to speak/reply in a certain language unless they can't understand the language. More like ego-matter to me it seems. (Although I couldn't really tell what your mother language is )

 

But anyway..enjoy the muse chats/concert people!

[Malaysian Musers Thread]

Do you guys normally speak in English on an everyday basis? As far as I know, your official language is Malay, or do you guys just speak english here? Its not important I know. I'm just bored and going crazy and malay-indo are like saudara right? yes? No? okay then...