Do you think it's rude to greet someone this way?

• peanud

  11 Nov 06, 04:00

  siao lian eh (hokkien)
• FireIce

  11 Nov 06, 04:02

  i think it's a damn frenly hokkien way
• skeujin

  11 Nov 06, 04:03

  siao lian eh = youngster
  
  nuthg offensive unless u use the wrong tone of voice
• martin_lim85

  11 Nov 06, 04:04

  my friends in camp uses it, no porblems with that
• missqi

  11 Nov 06, 06:04

  ok ma.
  
• gUms

  11 Nov 06, 07:12

  sometime i greet ppl by saying , Oi ........... so far no problem also
• Ito_^

  11 Nov 06, 08:00

  depends on tone of voice lor.
  
  i always go hey here hey there.
• digicharat

  11 Nov 06, 08:12

  then is this rude?
  yan dao eh, chi bu.
• Ponders

  11 Nov 06, 08:48

  siao lian eh rude meh?
  
  I usually greet,..
  
  "eh you, CB, come here."
• precipice

  11 Nov 06, 09:36

  better than kan bu eh right?
  
  
• darknessfall

  11 Nov 06, 11:34

  unless he says " siao lian eh, kua sime kua" (see what see)
• kenn3th

  11 Nov 06, 11:46

  Originally posted by darknessfall:

  unless he says " siao lian eh, kua sime kua" (see what see)

  kua li swuai ma.. ( see u handsome ma)
• ditzy

  11 Nov 06, 12:44

  "Come here, you see that tree over there? Yeah, go and touch every tree other than that one, and come back."
• redness

  11 Nov 06, 13:31

  nothing rude about that, I sometime greet ppl using it and get greet in the same fashion either.
  
  The usual reply is "hammi lanc!ao?"
  
  If you dont want, you can use "En Tao Ba" instead.
• Hellraiza

  11 Nov 06, 13:54

  Originally posted by Ponders:

  siao lian eh rude meh?
  
  I usually greet,..
  
  "eh you, CB, come here."

  you think you talking to your men arh lol
• Ah Cek

  11 Nov 06, 14:25

  "lim peh ka li kong ar...tong kim..."
• kaobeikaobu

  11 Nov 06, 16:32

  rude ones are siao eh, lj(or kunji), pua or chow cb kia, munjen, pundeh, pu bor, yi call hor gao gan eh, pureker
• hloc

  11 Nov 06, 17:29

  Not that rude lah...... call him/her old bird lor
• teraexa

  13 Nov 06, 00:10

  I think the most rude one is "May the Force be with you."
• missqi

  13 Nov 06, 00:11

  Originally posted by teraexa:

  I think the most rude one is "May the Force be with you."