English Pronunciation

原帖由 小小征征 于 12-5-2006 02:53 PM 发表

Koreans..

Cock <--> Clock

They're going to make a lot of jokes out of that. Say, uh...when they're saying 'Hey, I'm pretty busy at the moment, could you please do me a favour by taking a look at my 'clock'? I think it's three now.'

Jasminefow

one thing abt english is that there're certain words that dont have a definite pronunciation. dependin on ur geographical area and culture, you might pronoun slightly different than other people but that doesnt mean you're wrong


nevertheless, like u said, there are some words that malaysians must take heed of

迪岚

I think it is useless to speak "proper English" in Malaysia, people just could not understand what you are speaking, or if they know, maybe some of them will just think you are showing off.

The point is, speaking proper English in Malaysia  is an unrealistic practice.

[ 本帖最后由 迪岚 于 1-6-2006 01:36 AM 编辑 ]

Jasminefow

原帖由 迪岚 于 31-5-2006 09:25 AM 发表
I think it is useless to speak "proper English" in Malaysia, people just could not understand what you are speaking, or if they know, maybe some of them will just think you are showing of ...

i've encountered that kinda situations before but i didnt really budge.
the thing is, i'm so used to the way i'm speakin now that it actually feels weird for me to speak manglish. anyhow, i'd still try to adjust to the way malaysians speak under certain circumstances....you know, just for the sake of 'being accepted' by the others

it might not bring you any appraisals in public but it'll do you good in other areas, e.g. work performance.






[ 本帖最后由 Jasminefow 于 31-5-2006 02:45 PM 编辑 ]

原帖由 Jasminefow 于 162006 06:40 发表



i've encountered that kinda situations before but i didnt really budge.
the thing is, i'm so used to the way i'm speakin now that it actually feels weird for me to speak manglish. anyhow, i' ...

Yes, I agree. When we're speaking differently, people will think that we're speaking wrongly even though the way we speak is correct.

烏鴉

原帖由 迪岚 于 1-6-2006 01:25 发表
I think it is useless to speak "proper English" in Malaysia, people just could not understand what you are speaking, or if they know, maybe some of them will just think you are showing of ...

在工作上。。讲英文是受鼓励的。。
你也可以讲其他语言。。
但。。老板会不喜欢。。
（在 multinational 公司里）

speak english, let me have more interaction and communication with other colleages and my customers.
Do u think i'm show off myself??

Hi.. could you help me to check this:
Post office = pos o-fes
Is it correct?