H.S. Teoh wrote:
>On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 01:42:54PM -0400, J Y S Czhang wrote:
>[snip]
>> along that line of thought...
>> Selamat Jam Karet
>> <ruff transduction of Bahasa Indonesia: "Good Rubber Time (to you)"...
>> also for use on the _Intanat_ (what's the Indonesian for "Internet"?)>
>I don't know Indonesian terminology, but in Bahasa Malaysia I know
>"jaring" (literally, net, the kind you fish with) is used colloquially.
>Not sure if that's the formal term though.
Every now and again, Cybalist (a yahoo!group) receives a lengthy, lengthy
spam post in Indonesian, usually headed something like "Apa anda mau
meng-upgrade koneksi Internet anda?" Makes one embarassed for the
Indonesian language.
Roger
>"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring them
all
>and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond where the shadows
>lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Or was it the Siliconillion?