Pardon my English


Joe Samad

THE English language is in the spotlight once again when Perak Menteri Besar Zambry Abd Kadir criticised a badly-written notice in English that was put up at the entrance of the Perak Tourism Information Centre a few weeks ago.

Zambry said the incident served as a reminder to everyone that announcements should be made in Bahasa Malaysia for official government matters.


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  • The "Malay language activists" children, grandchildren and descendants will be ..... BR1M recipients their whole lives! The business communities in other countries are learning Chinese to give them an edge. They had already mastered English (even Indonesian badminton players can speak passable English now) ........ any wonder Malaysia is sliding backwards?

    Posted 6 years ago by Malaysian First

  • Dear Joe

    What wold you like for breakfast?...sandwish or pencake?...or would you like scissors salad?
    We eat ubi kayu, pucuk paku, ketam batu...for sure we can take scissors as ulam.

    By the way...it is the late Adenan Satem and not Amin Satem.

    Posted 6 years ago by Putra Kraken