Yes, I'm writing most of my blog posts in English. If I were to find an employee I prefer if they are able to write and speak English fluently. I also write most of my comments/posts in Facebook in English. I prefer my business dealings is conducted in English (phone conversation, letters, emails, etc) I dont know, but I feel Malay words so 'jiwang' sometimes..
But I LOVE my nation's languange ; Bahasa Melayu. Tak senang sebenarnya dengar org Melayu yang sangat2 mengagungkan English. Boleh mengagungkan, tapi Bahasa Melayu org2 tu kena la ok juga. Contohnya; ramai yang bangga sangat kalau budak2 kecik umur 2-3 tahun yang boleh cakap English. Tapi, Bahasa Melayu budak tu ok tak? Kalau dia pandai dua-dua, baru la boleh dibanggakan. Tapi kalau stakat fluent English je, tapi anak Melayu tatau cakap Melayu, takde maknanya. Contoh lagi, orang Malaysia kutuk gila Siti Nurhaliza tatau cakap English. Dia bukan tatau, tapi mungkin tak fluent. Tapi cuba tengok artis Korea / Taiwan /Japan / China yang dibangga2kan seluruh dunia tu, tau ke cakap English? Diorg pegi mana2 siap kene ada translator. Ntah2 one-two-three pun tatau. Tapi boleh je popular satu dunia. (I'm not backing CT altho i'm a fan, but it just occur to my mind) And for the record, u guys should read ct's writing in her CDs, song lyrics, her web comments, her vocabulary of Malay words is incredible! Well, can us do that? Me : No. (alamak terlebih puji plak)
I don't deny, I'm not fluent in writing especially in BM. Maybe it's because the 'tatabahasa' keeps changing and I couldnt track the current right way of pronouncing / writing some words. Contoh : dulu nak eja 'tatabahasa' , bole juga jadi skang ni dah 'tata bahasa' (ini contoh semata-mata)
Saya tak nak bahasa Melayu hilang di dunia. Kagum macamana Suharto (Indonesia's PM) can preserve their language sampai bangsa apa pun cakap Bahasa Indonesia kat sana. Tapi tula, kelemahannya, tak maju la plak negara dia. Susah juga kan?
p/s : Kalau la skarang macam zaman Parameswara (Bahasa Melayu adalah Bahasa Dunia)
1 comment:
1) aku pun tulis blog in english sbb aku concern mungkin ada org bukan malaysia ke baca? cheh..
2) dah lama aku terfikir benda ni; kenapa dalam..hmm katakan mesyuarat kan yg semua org melayu tapi kena bercakap english gak sesama sendiri?kelakar
3) takde benda nk di banggakan ngan suharto - setelah baca sejarah dia. huhu
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