quotes of our time

So let's see... people say we have the Malaysian Slang also known as the Manglish. so these are a few quotes, words and abbreviations that we create and often used when we speak.

a) As we all know, we Malaysians hardly end our sentences with a fullstop (.). we will have to use a weird expression such as a 'lah!' or a 'mah!' when we want to end what we say.

for example: 'can lah!', or 'whatever lah!', or 'i'm busy mah!'

b) as weird as it sounds but we are spotting more and more 'wei!' and 'man!' being used in our conversations as our exclamation mark (!).

for example: 'hot wei!', or 'slow wei!', or 'nice man!'

c) When we want to emphasize on something we often use the word 'damn'. this word is often used with the head tilted slightly tilted backwards and nodding.

for example: 'this place damn nice!', or 'the food here damn syiok'

d) When we agree with other, we will use the word(s), 'true' or 'true true', with head nodding slightly by in a faster manner. these words are mostly used on it's on with no follow through of words.

e) many of the above mentioned words can be used together. such as the words 'damn... lah!' or 'damn... wei!'

for example: 'so damn hot wei!' or 'damn nice lah!'

f) in America, they greet each other with 'hello, how are you' in Australia they'll greet each other with 'good day, mate' or 'how are you doing, mate' in Malaysia it's 'Amacam!' or 'Eh, macha...' followed by the hand shake or shoulder slap. it's usually used with a slightly emplified voice.

g) In other countries they will classify their people with words like hippies, or bikers. in Malaysia we use 'Mat Rempit' and 'Ah Beng' to classify our people.

Mat Rempit = Youngsters who rides on Motorcycles
Ah Beng = Youngsters who wear bellbottoms and cuss their lungs out.
Banana = Chinese who knows nothing about Chinese
Ah Lian = Girls who want to think that they are born in Taiwan/Hong Kong
Keling = Indians

h) when expressing our embarassment on something, we use the quote 'damn shy' and when asking about other's embarassment we use 'don't know how to shy ah?'. 'damn shy' can also be used with a 'wei'

for example: 'damn shy wei!'

i) other words used when you are agreeing with another party is 'ya man!'. again these words are used on it's own without a follow through.

j) the newer word used currently will be 'seriously?'. it is used when in doubt about something. used with eyed open wide and head nodded. this word is adapted from the hit drama series GREY'S ANATOMY.

So these are the few quotes and word i've learned and used ever so often in my conversations. please feel free to add on any that you can think of in my comment column. hehe...