What if you never spoke English before you started studying in the States? (me) Being a Malay, I've always known how to write but never really spoke the language, and I was forced to start speaking English when I got there at 20 y/o of age.

Hanging around them (Americans), I could only learn their way of pronunciation, and heck I was in the country side so I ended up using a lot of 'y'all'.

IMO, stereotyping Malaysians with American accents as snobs is just as bad as pretending you have a better social status because you studied overseas.

Right? and to think that some people accused me of being malay-hater cuz i got rid of my accent when I in fact, has never spoke Man-glish before.

EVER.

/rant

This post has been edited by alwiser: Jun 1 2009, 01:20 AM

It's not like I speak Malay with an American accent, lawls.

I just don't know how to speak English, with a Malaysian accent, with all the "lah"s and what not. Cuz I've never done it. Sue me.

edit: I guess sometimes the accent does come out, but I just don't speak Malay-english, phua chu kang style.

This post has been edited by alwiser: Jun 1 2009, 01:25 AM