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   Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 20:19:27 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

   When Malaysians Say *One* 当大马人什么都加 'One' - yes we Malaysians are here to confuse all foreigners when we speak Manglish.

   Ps: Sorry I am stuck at the "lent you my underwear" bit.

   #Malaysia #Malaysian #TOOTSEA #Languages

   https://youtube.com/watch?v=LRcZm-0eaUk&si=Uk_NPEepiJUTiAlS

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     Eva Amsen (easternblot@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 21:53:57 JST Eva Amsen

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     @liztai Is it like the Canadian "eh" or Japanese "ne"?

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     Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾 (liztai@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 21:53:57 JST Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾

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     • Eva Amsen
     • Just another rakyat 🇲🇾

     @easternblot ya know, I don't quite know. It's pretty hard to find an English equivelant for the use but I guess it's almost like the Chinese de 的, but maybe my friend @rakyat has a better idea 😆

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     Just another rakyat 🇲🇾 (rakyat@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 25-Jan-2024 22:15:23 JST Just another rakyat 🇲🇾

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     • Eva Amsen

     @liztai I think it’s closest to Malaysian Chinese 的咯 but I’m not sure how it maps onto other languages. @easternblot