Bryson - really Malay have no native swear words?? apa kejadah ni?? #$&*_^

"The FCC and the S word" (1/25/2004) "The S-word and the F-word" (6/12/2004) "You taught me language, and my profit on't/ it, I know how to curse" (7/17/2005) "Curses!" (7/20/2005) "Goram motherfrakker!" (6/7/2006) "The history of typographical bleeping" (6/10/2006) "The earliest typographically-bleeped F-word" (6/15/2006) "Avoiding the other F-word" (7/4/2006) "C*m sancto spiritu" (8/7/2006) [And, courtesy of amazon.com, here's the passage on p. 214 of The Mother Tongue where Bill Bryson exhibits his gullibility and/or ignorance of Finnish: Some cultures don't swear at all. The Japanese, Malayans, and most Polynesians and American Indians do not have native swear words. The Finns, lacking the sort of words you need to describe your feelings when you stub your toe getting up to answer a wrong number at 2:00 A.M., rather oddly adopted the word ravintolassa. It means "in the restaurant". Given how badly Bryson got taken by the Finnish restaurant gag, it'd be smart not to trust his word on Japanese, Malay, or American Indian languages either. And indeed, a bit of web searching turns up plenty of information about cussing in all of these.] Posted by Mark Liberman at August 30, 2006 07:24 AM source: http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003521.html

Haram Jadah - Who says Malay doesn't have swear words

Istilah 'haram jadah’, 5 peneroka Felda buat laporan polis M FEISAL NORAWI 11 Jun 2012 Peneroka-peneroka menunjukkan laporan polis dibuat mereka semalam. TEMERLOH - Lima peneroka sekitar Jengka membuat laporan polis terhadap Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak; Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Keselamatan Rancangan Jengka 15, Adnan Darus dan dua akhbar harian, semalam berhubung pengginaan istilah "haram jadah" bulan lalu. Salah seorang peneroka terbabit, Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahman berkata, laporan dibuat di Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah itu terpaksa diambil berikutan peneroka berasa maruah mereka diaibkan secara terbuka seolah-olah mereka Menurutnya, Najib mengeluarkan perkataan ‘haram jadah’ ketika mengisytiharkan durian runtuh di Felda Jengka 8, 8 Mei lalu, ditujukan kepada lapan peneroka memfailkan saman injunksi untuk menghalang pelupusan ekuiti saham Koperasi Permodalan Felda (KPF). “Kenyataan Najib di hadapan seramai 40,000 warga Felda yang disiarkan secara langsung di televisyen itu mengakibatkan kami dipandang hina masyarakat. “Akibat ucapan itu, media turut menjadikan kami sasaran cemuhan sepanjang agihan durian runtuh sehingga menyuburkan perasaan buruk sangka dan permusuhan sesama warga Felda," katanya. Abdul Rahim berkata, Utusan Malaysia pada 18 Mei lalu menyiarkan berita muka depan bertajuk ‘Peneroka Fail Injunksi Ambil Cek Durian Runtuh’ dengan memaparkan gambar dua peneroka sedang menerima cek. Selain itu katanya, Harian Metro pula menyiarkan berita menggambarkan ‘peneroka lima sekawan’ itu tidak mempunyai prinsip dan hanya memetik kenyataan bohong serta fitnah daripada Pengerusi JKKR Jengka 15. Sementara itu peguam, Harris Abdullah berkata, pihaknya akan mengambil tindakan lanjut dengan memfailkan saman terhadap empat pihak di atas kerana terdapat lokus standi. oleh:M FEISAL NORAWI tarikh terbit:11 Jun 2012 tarikh capaian:15 Jun 2012 sumber: http://www.sinarharian.com.my/nasional/istilah-haram-jadah-5-peneroka-felda-buat-laporan-polis-1.55671