Comments on: Paleface http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2003/03/18-paleface/ Official Organ of an American Muslim in Malaysia Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:59:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: dita http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2003/03/18-paleface/#comment-102 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2003/03/18-paleface/#comment-102 Hi! Reading this blog has been very enjoyable... I'm an expat too actually, but maybe it's because I'm too close to home that I seldom pay attention to these kinds of amusing details. About Mat, here in Singapore it's also used by the Malay-speaking community. Although in some cases it can be derogatory with the meaning of 'uneducated Malay man'. For instance I once went to Paya Lebar (an area in Singapore) alone and one of my Singaporean (Malay) friend warned me, "Just be careful OK? There's a lot of mat-mat in that area." She said she doesn't like it when she passes a bunch of them because they'll start wolf-calling her. In my home country Indonesia, a lot of people are named Muhammad, too. Usually in a class of 40 students, an average of 4 or 5 guys would be named Muhammad. Hi! Reading this blog has been very enjoyable… I’m an expat too actually, but maybe it’s because I’m too close to home that I seldom pay attention to these kinds of amusing details.

About Mat, here in Singapore it’s also used by the Malay-speaking community. Although in some cases it can be derogatory with the meaning of ‘uneducated Malay man’. For instance I once went to Paya Lebar (an area in Singapore) alone and one of my Singaporean (Malay) friend warned me, “Just be careful OK? There’s a lot of mat-mat in that area.” She said she doesn’t like it when she passes a bunch of them because they’ll start wolf-calling her.

In my home country Indonesia, a lot of people are named Muhammad, too. Usually in a class of 40 students, an average of 4 or 5 guys would be named Muhammad.

]]> by: PG http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2003/03/18-paleface/#comment-103 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2003/03/18-paleface/#comment-103 Would you consider "gringo" to be a derogatory term for a white person? Would you consider “gringo” to be a derogatory term for a white person?

]]> by: joyce http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2003/03/18-paleface/#comment-104 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2003/03/18-paleface/#comment-104 there's also Mat Rock there’s also Mat Rock

]]> by: malbatt http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2003/03/18-paleface/#comment-105 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://www.bingregory.com/archives/2003/03/18-paleface/#comment-105 Hmmm... Mat is more common in Johor or selangor... almost everywhere in malay peninsular including singapore. in some states, they call "yeop" (dude) and "yong" for the girl. this is in Perak just like "mat" and "Minah". In Negeri Sembilan - "Jang" or "Ujang" and "Milah/Melah", they also call "Wagheh (Waris) for both gender coz according to their customs, anyone from the same clan is considered siblings, "Awe" and "Mek" in Kelantan. Hmmm… Mat is more common in Johor or selangor… almost everywhere in malay peninsular including singapore. in some states, they call “yeop” (dude) and “yong” for the girl. this is in Perak just like “mat” and “Minah”. In Negeri Sembilan - “Jang” or “Ujang” and “Milah/Melah”, they also call “Wagheh (Waris) for both gender coz according to their customs, anyone from the same clan is considered siblings, “Awe” and “Mek” in Kelantan.

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