January 8, 2008

Baik Skali!!

I was kind of bored at work so spent my time checking out my compamy's email. Being the slacker that I am, there was plenty for me to read though. Majority of those email had boring headers and naturally given the honour of being deleted. Anyway, one email stands out like a gem! It went like this....
IT Tidak Relevan Diajar Dalam Bahasa Melayu
Why Dr. Mahathir insists on using English for math and science. Because globally people use the language as information and/or technology language at this moment. How dangerous it is if we were to use these words in Bahasa, especially in schools. See example below. hardware = barangkeras software = baranglembut joystick = batang gembira plug and play = cucuk dan main port = lubang server = pelayan client = pelanggan Try to translate this: ENGLISH : "That server gives a plug and play service to the clients using either hardware or software joystick. The joystick goes into the port of the client." BAHASA : "Pelayan itu memberi pelanggannya layanan cucuk dan main dengan menggunakan batang gembira jenis keras atau lembut. Batang gembira itu dimasukkan ke dalam lubang pelanggan." Hahaha...baik skali!!

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