Basic English is a necessity
Why? So that you would not end up in an embarrassing situation.
A few weeks ago, I was sitting at one of those customer service representative’s desk while waiting for my number to be called at the CIMB bank in Putrajaya. Then came two guys who looked like they just graduated from some universities. Based on their conversation with the bank officer, I heard that they were recently hired on contract by one of the government agencies. They wanted to take the ASB loan.
The officer gave them some forms to fill up and left. They filled up the form and towards the end, both of them got stuck, at the same part of the form. Weird… Heran bin ajaib la jugak…
Guy A: Eh, yang ni nak letak apa ye? (What is this section for?)
Guy B: La, aku pun tak tau. Spau-si ni apa ha? (I do not know that too. What is Spau-see?)
Guy A: Tak yah isi la… (Let’s not fill it up.)
Guy B: OK
The form above is just a sample and not the form mentioned in this entry.
Apparently, both of them were stuck at the Spouse section of the form… And I thought the government is being quite particular about the level of English in this country lately… Oh well…
In my opinion, we are not expected to have an excellent command of English as it is not our mother tongue but the basic is a must.
Kesian la mamat dua orang tu…. Spouse is pronounced as spous or spouz and not spau-see… Adoiii…
Cik Peah
zik
Anyyss Shuhaimi
terbelog
Khidhir
faethal
Why not you help both of them?…
Ada kisah menarik berkaitan Bahasa Inggeris di zaman saya bersekolah suatu tika dulu..
elajar MELAYU ini berusaha bercakap bahasa INGGERIS dengan GURU MELAYU (yang merupakan guru bahasa Inggeris). Tetapi apabila ia tersilap nahunya,guru terbabit mengejeknya tentang kelemahan BI nya.Pelajar ini berasa MALU dan tidak mahun menggunakan BI lagi..
Kisah 1
Kisah 2
elajar yang sama di dalam kelas Sains bercakap BI dengan GURU CINA (guru matapelajaran Sains).Tetapi apabila ia tersilap ia dibetulkan tatabahasa yang betul dan diberi ucapan CONGRATULATION & GOOD TRY!. Pelajar ini berasa bangga dan bersemangat untuk terus menggunakan BI pada masa akan datang…
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papabear
kalau boleh memang la nak ajar tapi mereka dah buat decision dengan cepatnya dan form mereka pun selamt dihantar. memandangkan mereka bujang so tak jadi issue la at that moment… lagipun, kalau tetiba jer nak ajar orang, nanti dikata menyibuk atau nak sibuk jaga tepi kain orang. so yang paling baik adalah untuk orang yang tak tahu, jangan la segan2 nak bertanya… malu bertanya sesat jalan… dan janganlah cepat nak salahkan orang lain kalau dah jadi macam tu… janganlah dah jadi baru nak cakap eh kenapa kau tau kau tak tunjukkan jalan? sendiri mau ada iniative la untuk belajar, baru orang boleh tunjuk ajar…
iesha
terfikir jgk apa tu spau-see tu. rupa-rupanya spouse. hehe.
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Jane
LOL A lot of people do not know what spouse means!
papabear
iesha… sama la. masa dorang sebut tuh… bingung juga kejap..hehe…
jane… they need to read more then
isabelle
kalo i ada kat situ, mesti i gi nyelit cakap…
laaa…awat tak tanya saya?saya ni chegu english tau. spau-see tu maksudnya jenama kasut kegemaran.
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papabear
ramai orang kat situ arr… kantoi pula mamat2 tu nanti heheh… banyaklah jenama sepatu ko…
syima
kelakar la.. tp english saya pun moderate je.. boleh la nak bagi direction pada foreigner kan…
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papabear
kalau boleh bagi directions, dah kira ok la tuh… bukan senag nak bagi direction nih…