On the way to the office today, inside angkot, i sat beside this fat lady whose likely had some shopping before. I knew this because she holds (mark this) 6 full-of-goods plastic bags. And because, in loud and clear voice, she said to the other fat lady next to her, "Phew, that was a good shopping or what?"
There's nothing wrong with the fact that one of her bag actually leak and made the floor soaking wet. And the fact that her body consumes 3 1/2 space of any normal man would sit, and makes me feel like a matchstick compare to a watermelon. But there's surely something wrong with the way she talks.
Fat lady 1: Hari ini kita lucky ya. Hampir semua barang yang dijual cheap banget. Besok-besok shopping di situ lagi yuk?
Fat lady 2: Iya. Emang murah-murah. Diskonnya emang gede-gedean.
Observe, she use a lot of word in English between her regular Indonesian with Javanese accent. I mean, why would she do that? To impressed everybody who accidently eardropping their conversation?
Kalo aku sih cuman supaya enak dibaca aja... somehow, buat aku lebih gampang berekspresi dalam bahasa Inggris ketimbang Indonesia. Ada kata-kata yang menurutku lebih simple dan mengena kalo ditulis pake bahasa Inggris... dan emang bakal kedengeran aneh kalo ngomongnya campuran kayak gitu. That's why I prefer to use either one of them in talking to someone. Anyhow, were was I? Oh yes, 'bahasa campuran' or you can called it 'junglish'
Q: What is Junglish?
A: It's stands for Jungle English
Q: When should I used them in conversation?
A: You shouldn't. Only if u want to get embarrassed in front of laughing public.
Q: So what should I do with it?
A: Read it. Than u can have something to laugh about.
Javelish
The typical Javanese language: 'lho', 'lha', 'tho', 'kok', 'ki', etc
- Lho, I already bought that book!
- Kok, buying again?
- I told you many times 'tho'!
- Lha, I didn't know ... how ki!?
- Don't be like that, no....!?
Jakartenglish
Jakarte English is marked by the 'sih', 'deh', 'dong', 'nih', etc
- That book is very good, deh.
- Can you speak english?.. yeah a little sih I can!
- Use my money first nih..
- Give me more dong..
- How sih? Little little angry..
Surobenglish
Suroboyo English is marked by 'tah'
- Do you feel sick, 'tah'?
Other exclamation words of Java : 'wo', 'wah', 'we', 'jian', and 'je'
- 'We' lha this book is mine 'je'...!
- 'Wo', only like that 'tho'!
- Wah, expensive, 'tho'?
- 'Jian', Paijem is so beautiful tenan.
Sundanglish
Sunda English is also available such as 'atuh', 'euy', 'mah'
- Well, if that kind, it pretty so-so atuh
- It can't be that way euy..
- I am mah, not like that... anything else?
There are also abundant 'sound effect' in Javanesse language.
- Suddenly, mak bedhengus den Tukiman appeared
- My head feels pain, mak cleng!
- Mak tlepok, I got a manggo!
- My chicken is suddenly died, mak cekengkeng
- Mak gedebug, Kampret? fell down.
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Inspired by Cholis post on deteksijp.
UPDATE
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I heard a lot of these English words that was pronounced perfectly by Indonesians: VCD and DVD!
Although, the pronouncer often didn't realize it was in English. And I bet a lot more of them have no idea what it's stands for. (It's Video Compact Disc and Digital Versatile Disc, people!)
What is VCD and DVD?
1: Err... video cd and digital video disc?
2: ...... film bajakan dan film mahal!
3: ya... VCD dan DVD
4: piringan penyimpan data (jawaban aman)
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