Comments | kerign: And that's why their English isn't as good as, say, Jamaica's!!

kerign

And that's why their English isn't as good as, say, Jamaica's!!

Nov 19, 2009 22:36

The deputy education minister in Malaysia has criticised the use of English in Malaysia's workplaces, claiming that is pollutes Malaysian culture and identify. Mr Mohd Puad Zarkashi goes on to urge Malaysians to emulate the French, Japanese and Koreans, who have stuck to their own language ( Read more... )

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an8id December 30 2009, 17:26:58 UTC

Well said *points at subject title*! Believe it or not, some malaysians ignore you if you talk to them in english and at some point refuse to assist if you need help. It's not that they can't speak, they just don't want to. I have a feeling that they think english-speaking people are snobs. Their mentality is "when you're in malaysia, speak malay". To be honest, BM is practically useless anyway overseas. But that doesn't stop the government from switching the subjects from BM to english and back to BM in 2010 just because some morons can't pass their exams in english. In a nut shell, malaysian politicians are total idiots.