TLAs.
Three-letter acronyms. Not necessarily three--like 'ttyl'--but three is usually the case so yeah. I am a staunch advocate of the identity and purity of Bahasa Melayu. I may not be good at it (hence this post being in English), but reading something from say, A. Samad Said for instance, gives you the impression that he is of an exotic tongue. It's not him, really. He just speaks in non-borrowed Malay; no emansipasi or informasi or efektif bullshit. It's what has become of BM today.
But my point here isn't to tell you to learn a new rare Malay word a day or use a pepatah at least once a day. As discussed on the facebook group Saya Suka Bahasa Melayu!, I would like to share Malay versions of everyday TLAs. Some have been modified to suit the Malay language/culture.
OMG = OTK - oh, tuhanku!
LOL = GSH - gelak sekuat hati
ROTFL = KTBSSP - ketawa terbahak-bahak sampai senak perut
FYI = UPA - untuk pengetahuan anda
AKA = JDS - juga dikenali sebagai
GTG = SHP - saya harus pergi = AKB - aku kena blah
PDA = TTM - tak tau malu
BTW = DSI - di samping itu
WTF/WTH = ALS - apa lancau, sial
TTYL = CDKN - cakap dengan kamu/kau nanti
IMHO/IMO = PPS - pada pendapat saya
XOXO = CPCP - cium peluk cium peluk (not really a TLA but well...)
And here are some which do not have English equivalents.
NTE - nangis teresak-esak
STR/SMR - sakit teraung-raung/meraung-raung
Too much stress has been put on our language's rightful name--Bahasa Melayu or Bahasa Malaysia? Despite what this government may choose, you just get the feeling some time in the future they or a different one would change it yet again. Yet not much has been said, much less done, by us Malaysians and Malays to protect what is ours. Of course language will evolve with the times, but one could not help but feel responsible for the direction in which BM is headed. If we let the language slip, God forbid, who would give two hoots to save it?
Three-letter acronyms. Not necessarily three--like 'ttyl'--but three is usually the case so yeah. I am a staunch advocate of the identity and purity of Bahasa Melayu. I may not be good at it (hence this post being in English), but reading something from say, A. Samad Said for instance, gives you the impression that he is of an exotic tongue. It's not him, really. He just speaks in non-borrowed Malay; no emansipasi or informasi or efektif bullshit. It's what has become of BM today.
But my point here isn't to tell you to learn a new rare Malay word a day or use a pepatah at least once a day. As discussed on the facebook group Saya Suka Bahasa Melayu!, I would like to share Malay versions of everyday TLAs. Some have been modified to suit the Malay language/culture.
OMG = OTK - oh, tuhanku!
LOL = GSH - gelak sekuat hati
ROTFL = KTBSSP - ketawa terbahak-bahak sampai senak perut
FYI = UPA - untuk pengetahuan anda
AKA = JDS - juga dikenali sebagai
GTG = SHP - saya harus pergi = AKB - aku kena blah
PDA = TTM - tak tau malu
BTW = DSI - di samping itu
WTF/WTH = ALS - apa lancau, sial
TTYL = CDKN - cakap dengan kamu/kau nanti
IMHO/IMO = PPS - pada pendapat saya
XOXO = CPCP - cium peluk cium peluk (not really a TLA but well...)
And here are some which do not have English equivalents.
NTE - nangis teresak-esak
STR/SMR - sakit teraung-raung/meraung-raung
Too much stress has been put on our language's rightful name--Bahasa Melayu or Bahasa Malaysia? Despite what this government may choose, you just get the feeling some time in the future they or a different one would change it yet again. Yet not much has been said, much less done, by us Malaysians and Malays to protect what is ours. Of course language will evolve with the times, but one could not help but feel responsible for the direction in which BM is headed. If we let the language slip, God forbid, who would give two hoots to save it?
5 comments:
haha. CPCP?
god. shazwan! anyways, didja get my ym buzz?
i am forever doomed to not kahwin. tak reti masak.
Like I said, you have far too much time to philosophise. You have a love-hate relationship with BM (not sure if it's Malaysia or Melayu now), don't you?
this is great!
but do you use it?
OTK! seperti, towdally!
Of course I do.
Practice what you preach la kan?
But I only use 'UPA', 'OTK' and 'CDKN' because I FUCKING HATE 'LOL' and semua yang sewaktu dengannya. Macam tak ikhlas gila ah.
"He said what? LOL"
Bleagh.
haha good stuff.
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