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Monday, January 15, 2007

lingua franca

yo..everybody..i guess u all see the topic lingua franca..u all must be thinking bout HISTORY..back in secondary schools..where we need to memorize the text book that contain the story of our country and also others..the History..hai..talking bout..it kinda reminds me of LINGUA FRANCA..if u still remember..in our text book,they say that lingua franca means the language that everybody understands..but actu what does lingua franca means we don't really noe..cos we just follow what the books say..and of course our country Historians says..they say that BAHASA MELAYU is lingua franca..and the language that was understood by soany ppl..during that times..and also the language that was form by so many types of other languages..include Portuguese, Jawa, Serani and all..and the question that stuck my mind is..is BAHASA MELAYU a BAHASA ROJAK???think bout it..the mixing of so many other languages..inlcuding english direct translation(just the spelling different) nowadays..and understood by many ppl..cos bahasa rojak memang was understood by many ppl..hehe..just my opinion..no offend..im proud to be a Malaysian and can speak Malay..don the next day, a letter came to me telling me that im sued..for offending this..this is just my opinion..

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