Friday 3 July 2009

English or BM

Why do I write in English instead of my native Bahasa Malaysia?

Recently I read a few blogs in BM. Some are really good. Expressive, cool and not sounding ‘weird’. Since BM is my native language which I use everyday, so why don’t I write in BM?

Simple answer: My BM is really bad.
A slightly better answer is that I’m not very good at expressing myself in BM. It felt awkward. Cluttered with borrowed words – an inadequacy of my own knowledge instead of the language itself.

So I write in English. Not to say I write good English. Hell NO! I don’t even speak good English. But my thoughts flows easier in English. Like when in the middle of a fight with my companion, it’s always in English. Haha.

But I want to try, hopefully without sounding too funny, to write in BM. Well, anytime is a good time to start:

Aku akan cuba menulis dalam Bahasa Malaysia mulai sekarang.

ps: Mungkin tidak sepenuhnya kerana aku sudah mula merasa janggal dengan tulisan kecil aku ini.

2 comments:

  1. ikut apa yang u rasa selesa. if u wanna write in other language yg orang tidak faham tak guna juga. mcm u cakap "But my thoughts flows easier in English" so be it.

    >>Aku akan cuba menulis dalam Bahasa Malaysia mulai sekarang.

    ps: Mungkin tidak sepenuhnya kerana aku sudah mula merasa janggal dengan tulisan kecil aku ini<<

    ok oji mmg lawak!

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  2. haha org2 ASK mcm u tak "merasa janggal" kot...? :p

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