Enunciation? Whats up ya'll??

Sometimes, just sitting at a spot and watching people can be interesting. When I had a stopover in Frankfurt..(wow was that really a year ago??) I noticed that the people just sat the sidewalk cafes..and just sat watching people. I later on went to read that it is a favourite pastime of fellow Europeans. Im pretty sure most of their resumes have People Watching listed as a Hobby.

If we sat people watching in KL, I think the one thing you're bound to notice is the many accents and lingo we have.

I read this interesting article a couple of weeks ago. It was about how all it takes is for a Malaysian is to be in London for 20 days and they come back all British..from nasi lemak and teh tarik, to tea and scones, ma'am? I am not saying that only we Malaysians do it, a small check online confirmed that even Americans tend to change their accents , 'jus because i like it.'

I don't deny that maybe..just maybe..travelling to foreign county, one might just pick up the patter of the locals. But what strikes me as extraordinary are those people who have never been to a foreign land and yet speak perfect "Queens English" and become number 1 fans of Mary Poppins. Of course there are those of us who are trained to do it at call centers. And then theres those of us who pick up by just speaking (over the phone) to someone from, say, the You-Kay. Maybe it comes from hours in front of youtube. No, I am not joking here, seriously! You can actually train yourself to speak like Harry Potter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAqdYMcjMNQ

Then theres some of us who make up their own accent. It takes out the whole meaning in a simple sentence like 'what is that creature?'to 'Wot ees that CrE-ay-chr?'. Yeah, well, you can figure it out.

Manglish is alright too. Though I cant imagine an Australian speaking it.
Interviewer: What do you think of new movie Hugh? Will it fare well in the box office ?
Hugh Jackman: Ok ok la...i think can la make some money..

Don't sound right, innit?

But seriously I think its cool the way we Malaysians have mixed and mangled every accent we hear and made it into something that only we understand. Its unique and thats what gives people a sense of belonging to one another, especially with the multitudes of languages we have.

Ich liebe Würstchen...Enjoy!