Category Archives: The Eeenglish Police

the word I hate most right now is…

WEBINAR Stupidest. Portmanteau. Ever.

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the native idiom

me: hey, i ask you a question the expression “go fly kite” i used to think it was a malaysian thing but this one time.. i saw it on tv here how ah? bro: i dunno i mean i know … Continue reading

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A Star snippet

Today in The Star got dis artickel that started out with: The Klang Valley emptied yesterday as Malaysians travelling in more than a million vehicles left the conurbation to return to their hometowns for the Chinese New Year. Okay. Let’s … Continue reading

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the arkib needs spellcheck, and video schtuff

Found it while I was searching for something interesting to feature for our 50th independence day. Search yielded an newsreel type video about Tunku’s work… sort of. And it’s not something you can find on youtube. Not yet anyways. But … Continue reading

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waht is dis mean? – Part Deux

G wrote about the 100 words the editors of the American Heritage dictionaries would have us all know, in order to pronounce us worthy of the label of “probably (having) a good command of the English Language”. I say a … Continue reading

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waht is dis mean?

So the editors of the American Heritage dictionaries have put up a list of 100 words every high school graduate should know. They say if you know these words then you probably have a good command of the language. That’s … Continue reading

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oh sheet…

Was happily(?) reading the star and saw that we got another person heading to the North Pole besides the Mat Rempits. The article also provided a link to her blog. Naturally curious, I click click over to the site and … Continue reading

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It smells like it sounds

Soooooo…… um, so many places to take this but I’m just going to say I’m glad I don’t go to school there. Congratulations on winning the NIT Championships, West VIRGINA!! See the AOL FanHouse entry for the closeup of the … Continue reading

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Google oops?

Has a member of the Bad Spellers, UNTIE group infiltrated Google Corp? Or was the poor bastard so lovesick and had other things on his mind?

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i can spel, dammit!

How embarrassing – in an email to my future school I wrote to admissions to tell them to “expidiate” something instead of “expidite”. I think I may have just told them to do some online travel booking. Graduate student, GREs … Continue reading

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losing it in translation

Dad sent along some photos he got in the email and I don’t know if these are widely available or not so I will just share them here. These are photos of restaurant menus in where else but mainland China. … Continue reading

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the best deal in town

Spotted in a bakery at Berjaya Time Square: There are about 30 pieces of pineapple tarts in that container which will net me 15 free buns. Nifty. The bakery employees just about had heifers when I whipped out the camera. … Continue reading

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digital discretions

Plucked this one off Raw Story website. It’s a good place to pick up news that aren’t on the main stream media’s frontpages. Make what you want of it. I just think it’s funny.

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best not to use no double negative

Midway through freaking out about the test this Thursday I decided to look through the potential schools’ websites to see if there was a chance in hell I wouldn’t have to take the GRE. The answer is yes, if I … Continue reading

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the eskimos may have a name for it

Though there was ice rain falling down yesterday, the haze still came back, due to the blowing of the wind. This above from a blogger living in Subang Jaya. (I chanced upon the blog while aimlessly surfing away my insomnia). … Continue reading

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