June 13, 2008
Suggesting the Impossible
Something was definitely lost in translation during a Malaysian parliamentary debate last month when the Malay-speaking deputy higher-education minister tried to address a Tamil opposition member in his own tongue.
What Idris Haron apparently meant to say was "sit down." But what he said instead was "go [expletive] yourself." Mr. Idris thought he was saying "ukarengeh," but, depending upon whom you believe, he said "ukker."
The "unparliamentary remark" unleashed a torrent of
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