Ralph would probably kill me when he reads this. Well, this is all his idea anyway but kudos to him for sharing this bit of humour. I had a great laugh over this.
You know sometimes when people try their express themselves in English and get all tangled up? By now I'm sure that you know I am referring to people who are less conversant in the English language. And they usually come out pretty funny, actually. Yeah, I'm kind of evil huh?, poking fun at other people's weaknesses. Its not that really, if we choose to see the humourous side of life.
Ralph was relating an incident at a hypermarket sometime back . This guy was trying to make his way through a crowded section when he blurted this out "Ekcue me, can I pass away?" We both burst out in laughter at midnight in McD Damansara. That was so bad, hor? The joint was packed even at that hour...doesn't anyone sleep, anymore? But we couldn't really care less because it tickled every piece of funny bone in our body.
Then Ralph contributed something original when he asked me "Don't you speak your mother's language?" HAHAHAHAHA Well, he meant to say mother tongue. He had both of us laughing uncontrollably. The other patrons were checking out the remnants of our food on the table, wondering what had triggered our looney behaviour. Hmmm ... too much sodium in our fries :)
Well, to be fair to guys who can't speak well in English, they do try their earnest to express themselves but the trouble is they do that by translating their thoughts from Mandarin or Cantonese into English. And now our government wants to reverse all the hard work and efforts put in during the past 7 years in getting students to learn Maths and Sciences in English. Sad day for Malaysians!
