Comments on: Is Malaysia having an identity crisis? (that BM issue) http://www.chanlilian.net/2007/06/04/is-malaysia-having-an-identity-crisis-that-bm-issue/ Life, Lies, Sex, Humor, Politics of a Malaysian blogger Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:27:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lilian http://www.chanlilian.net/2007/06/04/is-malaysia-having-an-identity-crisis-that-bm-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-73869 Lilian Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:20:55 +0000 http://chanlilian.net/2007/06/04/is-malaysia-having-an-identity-crisis-that-bm-issue/#comment-73869 balajoe - I also understand that Bahasa Malaysia and Latin have similar way of pronounciation. We sang Latin in my choir and all we need is to pronounce those Latin the BM way. So, yeah, we have a long history so all are actually intertwined. But if we ever talk, people will get very sensitive over that. balajoe – I also understand that Bahasa Malaysia and Latin have similar way of pronounciation. We sang Latin in my choir and all we need is to pronounce those Latin the BM way. So, yeah, we have a long history so all are actually intertwined. But if we ever talk, people will get very sensitive over that.

]]> By: Balajoe http://www.chanlilian.net/2007/06/04/is-malaysia-having-an-identity-crisis-that-bm-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-73865 Balajoe Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:07:45 +0000 http://chanlilian.net/2007/06/04/is-malaysia-having-an-identity-crisis-that-bm-issue/#comment-73865 I had a great Bahasa Malaysia teacher long time and she explained that Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Malaysia is totally 2 different language...because in Bahasa Melayu, you won't have words like komputer, Januari, pencuri and many foreign words "malaysianised" for local use. Then again Bahasa Melayu itself had it's origin from Sanskrit...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit#Interactions_with_Eastern_Asiatic_languages So, I wonder who really owns our national language anyway...and what big difference it going to make if other races are being treated differently on other things. I had a great Bahasa Malaysia teacher long time and she explained that Bahasa Melayu and Bahasa Malaysia is totally 2 different language…because in Bahasa Melayu, you won’t have words like komputer, Januari, pencuri and many foreign words “malaysianised” for local use.

Then again Bahasa Melayu itself had it’s origin from Sanskrit…http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanskrit#Interactions_with_Eastern_Asiatic_languages

So, I wonder who really owns our national language anyway…and what big difference it going to make if other races are being treated differently on other things.

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