Re: OT: Translation (Was: Re: OT: Official language post)

In a message dated 2003:04:08 09:10:56 AM, h s teoh quotes and translates:

>Translation: wish(?) this were a Taiwanese-speaking (lit. "writing") list.
>Taiwanese is very beautiful.
>
>> >Sui?!... Sui?!... O peh kong. Li chin e khi siau.
>[snip]
>
>Translation: Beautiful?! Beautiful?! <expletive deleted>. You really can
>be insane!
ROTFLMAO


In a message dated 2003:04:08 10:14:36 AM, Kou writes:

>Fong sam la! Mo mi ye yisi wo. Siu Teoh wooi faanyik bong lei la.
Hai. Ngoh ming, ngoh ming.

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