reading jordan’s post reminded me of a tale ayah used to tell us. this was like the late 60’s when he was working with the DID (JPT in today’s money) in ipoh, when he asked a colleague of his what he did over the weekend after which he answered:
makan anyin.
ooo. makan angin mana?
bukan. makan anyin la.
ya la… makan angin di mana?
aiya. makan anyin. an-yin. woooah! wooah! woooah! itu masak dengan cili aaa… kasi minum dengan itu beer, itu lidah pun mau ikut woo*.
they used to sell it for like 60 sen per kati at the ipoh market in those days.
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*now you know where this came from.
