Comments on: 2010 begins http://www.minishorts.net/2010/01/04/2010-begins/ life, love, *motherhood, and then more Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:55:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Naoko http://www.minishorts.net/2010/01/04/2010-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-90807 Naoko Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:16:27 +0000 http://www.minishorts.net/?p=1643#comment-90807 Vincent, by all means, why don't you go and tell that to all the East Coast Christians you know? Vincent, by all means, why don’t you go and tell that to all the East Coast Christians you know?

]]> By: vincent http://www.minishorts.net/2010/01/04/2010-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-90802 vincent Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:34:06 +0000 http://www.minishorts.net/?p=1643#comment-90802 I think we've had this discussion before so I a bit sien, but lemme repeat that the Malay word for God is TUHAN, and the Arabic word is Allah. So unless Herald is writing an Arabic version I don't see what the fuss is. I think we’ve had this discussion before so I a bit sien, but lemme repeat that the Malay word for God is TUHAN, and the Arabic word is Allah.

So unless Herald is writing an Arabic version I don’t see what the fuss is.

]]> By: Naoko http://www.minishorts.net/2010/01/04/2010-begins/comment-page-1/#comment-90800 Naoko Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:52:47 +0000 http://www.minishorts.net/?p=1643#comment-90800 Wow. I missed that. I disagree with those people. Allah is a generic term for God. These people seem to be caught up in the privilege that all Malaysian Catholics' and Christians' first language is English, not Malay. To assume that everyone speaks the same language and thus should use that language instead of their own mother tongue is a folly to say the least. Wow. I missed that. I disagree with those people. Allah is a generic term for God. These people seem to be caught up in the privilege that all Malaysian Catholics’ and Christians’ first language is English, not Malay.

To assume that everyone speaks the same language and thus should use that language instead of their own mother tongue is a folly to say the least.

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