LaWaK -LawaK

Semalam saya dan isteri mengundang beberapa orang untuk makan malam di rumah. Isteri saya pun sejak pagi sudah mempersiapkan segala masakannya. Ketika semua tetamu telah datang, ia menyuruh anak kami yang berusia 6 tahun untuk memimpin doa sebelum makan.

"Afiq, kamu pimpin baca doa ye Afiq"

"Tapi mak, doanya macam mana?" jawabnya.

"Katakan saja apa yang biasanya Ibu katakan," kata isteri saya.

Afiq segera menadah tangan dan berkata ...

"Ya Tuhanku, kenapa saya harus mengundang orang-orang ini makan malam?"

Computer terminology = BM vs BI…..Haru jadinya

Some computer terms translated to BM,

Don’t you think that computer terminology in Bahasa Malaysia is really weird?

Cakera Keras = Hard Disk

Tetikus = Mouse

Papan Kunci = Keyboard

CD-ROM = Cakera Padat Ingatan Melalui Pembacaan (CP-IMP) - Isn’t that bit too much to ingat? Try pronouncing that without twisting your tongue or pausing to think. IMPs?

Monitor = What’s the term for this? KETUA DARJAH?

Modem = Could it be called “PEMPEND” <– PEModulasi, PENDemodulasi?

Motherboard = “Papan Ibu” probably? Maybe the best motherboards can be awarded the “Papan Ibu Mithali” then?

Sound Card = Kad Bunyi?

Sound Blaster = Peletup Bunyi?

Pipeline Burst Cache = Duite Garisan Paip Meletup?

Local Bus = Bas Tempatan? Sounds good to me.

VESA Local Bus = Bas Tempatan VESA?

Flatbed = Katil leper? OR Katil Rumah Pangsa (Flat)?

WWW = Sarang labah-labah Selebar Dunia (SSD)? Sounds quite convincing to me.

Then what would you call daughterboards? Papan anak perempuan? That sounds a little kinky for me ) What about SIMMs and DIMMs and such…?

*laf* wonder what would you call ink jets then Pancutan Dakwat???

What about “Plug and Play [tm]“? Hmmm..Plug and play….Cucuk dan Main??? Somehow I think not.

Joystick = Batang Gembira or Batang Ria?? Damn obscene man!!