mrbrown pointed out a fantastic video. A “Malaysian Chinese rapper”:http://namewee.blogspot.com/ from Muar recorded a fab rap in Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew, Malay, and English. The part in Mandarin is about Singapore — and this person says what we feel in just a couple of phrases. Spot on.
(click “here”:http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2007/04/muar_rapper_on_.html#comments for an accurate translated transcript)
‘我的朋友 My Friends Kawanku’ is the best damn thing!! I’m amazed I understand the whole thing, except 50% of the Malay — though my conservative Teochew side is still a little shocked to hear such a vulgar phrase in my mother tongue for the first time.
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Kawanku
mrbrown pointed out a fantastic video. A “Malaysian Chinese rapper”:http://namewee.blogspot.com/ from Muar recorded a fab rap in Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew, Malay, and English. The part in Mandarin is about Singapore — and this person says what we feel in just a couple of phrases. Spot on.
(click “here”:http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2007/04/muar_rapper_on_.html#comments for an accurate translated transcript)
‘我的朋友 My Friends Kawanku’ is the best damn thing!! I’m amazed I understand the whole thing, except 50% of the Malay — though my conservative Teochew side is still a little shocked to hear such a vulgar phrase in my mother tongue for the first time.
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