ponteng

• blowfish

  13 Sep 06, 12:09

  skip work or class.
  
  what is this ponteng ? a english word?
• dragg

  13 Sep 06, 12:10

  melayu
• kaobeikaobu

  13 Sep 06, 12:11

  latin
• meltz

  13 Sep 06, 12:11

  play traunt .. dont know hw to spell ..
• blowfish

  13 Sep 06, 12:12

  Originally posted by dragg:

  melayu

  sure?
• blueeyeswhitedragon

  13 Sep 06, 12:20

  LOL! I just ponteng.....shhh.................Overslept sianz......
• BlUe G@rF|eLd

  13 Sep 06, 12:22

  juz another great invention from a bunch of slackers who hate school!
• dragg

  13 Sep 06, 12:23

  Originally posted by blowfish:

  sure?

  quite sure.
  
  words like kauyin (marry), roti (bread), sabun (soap) are all melayu. we use it so often nobody knows how to say it in hokkien anymore.
  
  
• TehJarVu

  13 Sep 06, 12:25

  Originally posted by dragg:

  quite sure.
  
  words like kauyin (marry), roti (bread), sabun (soap) are all melayu. we use it so often nobody knows how to say it in hokkien anymore.
  
  

  and jiam-ban (toilet)
• fudgester

  13 Sep 06, 12:49

  Originally posted by TehJarVu:

  and jiam-ban (toilet)

  That's 'jamban'.
  
  'Ponteng' is a Malay word, meaning to intentionally skip or miss an event.
• Rejected

  13 Sep 06, 12:50

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  That's 'jamban'.
  
  'Ponteng' is a Malay word, meaning to intentionally skip or miss an event.

  X2.
• trendz

  13 Sep 06, 13:22

  Originally posted by dragg:

  quite sure.
  
  words like kauyin (marry), roti (bread), sabun (soap) are all melayu. we use it so often nobody knows how to say it in hokkien anymore.
  
  

  kauyin and sabun are hokkien words.. right?
• Rejected

  13 Sep 06, 13:24

  Originally posted by trendz:

  kauyin and sabun are hokkien words.. right?

  nope.
• fudgester

  13 Sep 06, 13:30

  Originally posted by trendz:

  kauyin and sabun are hokkien words.. right?

  'kahwin' means marry.
  
  'sabun' means soap.
  
  Both are Malay words.
• =))

  13 Sep 06, 16:29

  
• blowfish

  13 Sep 06, 16:36

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  That's 'jamban'.
  
  'Ponteng' is a Malay word, meaning to intentionally skip or miss an event.

  tan das also toilet. go genting can see many sign
• fudgester

  13 Sep 06, 16:38

  Originally posted by blowfish:

  tan das also toilet. go genting can see many sign

  Tandas is the toilet.
  
  Jamban is more specifically the toilet bowl.
• sohguanh

  13 Sep 06, 17:00

  In Msia I also often see signs saying Masuk (Enter?) and Keluar (Exit?)
• monoslayer

  13 Sep 06, 17:02

  Originally posted by sohguanh:

  In Msia I also often see signs saying Masuk (Enter?) and Keluar (Exit?)

  wats so shocking??
• dragg

  13 Sep 06, 18:46

  Originally posted by trendz:

  kauyin and sabun are hokkien words.. right?

  malay.
  
  go ask your parents. i am sure nobody knows soap and bread in hokkien.
  
  kawyin (marry) in hokkien is kek hoon.
  
  
• TehJarVu

  14 Sep 06, 20:45

  Originally posted by dragg:

  malay.
  
  go ask your parents. i am sure nobody knows soap and bread in hokkien.
  
  kawyin (marry) in hokkien is kek hoon.
  
  

  bread is mi bao, soap i dunno
• dragg

  14 Sep 06, 22:29

  Originally posted by TehJarVu:

  bread is mi bao, soap i dunno

  tell it once at a confectionary.
  
  "auntie, wa ai cheek liap me bao."
  
  come back and tell us how the shop owner react.
  
  
• trendz

  16 Sep 06, 19:31

  Originally posted by dragg:

  tell it once at a confectionary.
  
  "auntie, wa ai cheek liap me bao."
  
  come back and tell us how the shop owner react.
  
  

  LOL!