I find that majority of East Malaysians are better at English than West Malaysians.

Almost in everything, like grammar, pronunciations, heck, even in slangs from a simple English conversation.

What I find most interesting is that when they speak English, it sounds English.
Majority sounds like standard US accent.

When West Malaysians, particularly KL/PJ people, speaks English, it will definitely have those slang of like a Malay speaking English, a Chinese speaking English, or an Indian speaking English.
Only a small minority will have the standard US accent, and even smaller numbers are with the British or Australian accents.

Setting aside the rojak language which is already common, how do you gauge yourself in your English accent, /k/?

Apa kau merepek ni, daus?

don't generalise, i felt offended

what's the big deal about accents?

if the grammars okay then fine

lies

johorean far the best...hidup johor

i speakz like /k/ during the gathering, so u iz no hear my proper engrish

Kau ingat kalau kau champion speaking English kau boleh terlepas dari cengkaman penjajah ar?

well you sound like japanese you foo!

Can be yes or no.

Yes - I agree that majority of East Msians sounds like they're speaking in US accent (except some of them from rural areas).

No - I don't think that small minority of West Malaysians have that accent. I have met up with a lot of West Malaysian friends and would like to give a ratio of 50:50 to those who speak as fluent as US/UK accents and rojak Manglish. Some of them perform better than East Malaysians as well.

This post has been edited by ilovecookies92: Mar 14 2010, 02:56 AM

Speaking is one thing, what about writing?

oi ni Malaysia ah. lu tak suka lu keluar gemuk.

no..we has no englis good. we only has forest and village. u is not right.

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Added on March 14, 2010, 3:00 amu no see pantai east english yo?

spoong.

This post has been edited by Username is username: Mar 14 2010, 03:00 AM

sorry but i speak RP(received pronunciation),in other words,no accent...

This post has been edited by CleverDick: Mar 14 2010, 07:05 PM

i lol'ed at this topic... i can speak irish slang really... but who cares??? hahahahaha... i feel noob when i really speak like those british/irish/scottish/ texas style..u name it... hahahh... its too many S and F... a real sound it shall be... and my voice must turn out to be like them too.. so be as what as you are is still the best

^but still, when it comes to formal thing, event, whatsoever, do u still speak with msians slangs?

dude, if you work in a MNC company, the first thing they'll tell you is.
"lose the slang"


This post has been edited by skitzo: Mar 14 2010, 03:12 AM

i speak in inggeris

good example.. have u been to other company? will they ask u the same thing as well?

Firstly , TS, why do we have to be defined by the accent that we speak in order to judge our standard of English to begin with?

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Added on March 14, 2010, 3:23 amBTW i think they sound like filipinos.. like the ones you see in pengako sayo

This post has been edited by beatlesalbum: Mar 14 2010, 03:23 AM

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