Malaysians, wake up! Do you realise that we're speaking more and more American today instead of English? I strongly suggest that students in Malaysia don't speak/write American, do you realised that writing color instead of colour, apologize instead of apologise, center instead of centre, dialog instead of dialogue and many more will help us lose many marks in exams? Don't forget, we follow the English language in England and not America due to our country's history.
Okay.. so it may sound 'nicer' by replacing the 's' with a 'z', but it'll still get you less marks if the teacher is sharp enough to spot it. Memorize... Criticize... Analyze... Watch out!
Rubber? Why do we call it eraser nowadays? Again, it shows how Americanised we've become.
Did you receive an invite? Did you receive an invitation?(Gmail!) The first is American, the latter is English. The first one will get you a wrong in an exam.
But we can't help it I guess. Majority of the books we read are from America, shows that we watch too are from America.
This just a warning, after reading a few sites today on the difference. I was shocked.. I never realised I had been influenced so much. It's probably because I've read many American books(majority of my books were written by American authors), websites, and have met many Americans online and interacted with them.
Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean that you should start being anti-American. I'm just informing all students of Malaysia to be extra careful, especially when writing English essays.
Well, I'll have to try and prevent myself from 'Americanising' during exams, at least until I'm done with school.
God bless
Joanne Lim
Webmaster@joannetmj.tk
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