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The Adorable 'Lah'
Title: The Adorable 'Lah'
Category: Social Sciences / Current Issues
Details: Words: 1024 | Pages: 4.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Adorable 'Lah'
If you are walking the streets of London or sipping coffee at a sidewalk cafe somewhere in Paris, and you hear in plain English, "So expensive-lah" or "So hot-lah", just turn around in the direction of the voice and I guarantee you that ten out of ten, the person who just dotted his or her sentence with a lah is Malaysian.
If you are feeling homesick in a foreign land and suddenly you overhear a …showed first 75 words of 1024 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1024 total…is delayed, for example: "So action one man he!" or "Terror one lah she!"
Malaysians generally speak two types of English -- proper English particularly in business and professional settings, and Malaysian English with its charming and unique expressions. Just as the French have their oo-la-la, the Italians their Mama-mia, and the English, endearing expressions like "By Jove" or "Well, jolly good", may our Malaysian lah live a long and healthy life! Say yes-lah to that!
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