I think it's Johor ler. There got alot of 'Hokkien banana' - cannot speak Hokkien only mandarin!

Err actually there alot of mandarin educated people who think hokkien is low class while mandarin is superior. I would think alot of english ed just think hokkien as a dialect.

Worst, it seems that the Hokkien rejection come from Hokkiens themselves. wah lau way.....

I hear you man. This trend is very hard to reverse.

The solution is actually simply: make hokkien cool using pop culture. And more people will start speaking it. This is how Cantonese survives strong despite the mandarin onslaught.

Most hokkien tv shows and songs sound very 'obiang' and kampung compared to mandain and Cantonese ones. If this can be changed then I believe this low class perception will be eliminated.