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Originally Posted by samsiahk In the Malaysian case, the Malaysian English is used for maintaining solidarity (this has been proved in several studies done...this is due to many reasons, one being that English is the language of our then-coloniser, British). tdol is coming to KL in a couple weeks' time, so welcome...don't forget to visit the Petaling Street -am sure tdol will experience first hand what I mean by the language being adapted to suit the Malaysian purpose! |
I'll make sure I do. It will be interesting for me to see an Asian country where there is a British English influence- at the moment, I'm in Japan, where American English dominates and before that I was in Cambodia, where American and Australian English wee the most commonly taught.
