It's 'selfie' in Bahasa too

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Compiled by NG SI HOOI, CALVIN TAN and A. RAMAN

POPULAR tech-centric words such as “selfie”, “hashtag” and “tweet” will be making their way into Kamus Dewan, reported Kosmo!

Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) director-general Datuk Dr Awang Sariyan said these new inclusions were in line with the role of dictionaries to record words widely used by the public.

However, these words will be labelled “bp” for bahasa percakapan (colloquial language) which is used to designate words that have yet to be accepted as standard language.

“People must read the introduction of the dictionary to know how to use it, including words labelled ‘bp’, so that there are no miscon­ceptions that all words in the dictionary are ‘formal’ words,” Dr Awang said.

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> An electronics shop worker died when his head was crushed by a forklift, reported Harian Metro.

The victim identified only as Ga­­gendra, 22, succumbed to severe head injuries in the 8.20am incident on Sunday.

It is believed the Nepalese victim failed to control the vehicle as it reversed, causing it to overturn.

A friend of his identified only as Khin, said the victim was not supposed to work on the day of the incident.

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> The dreams of 73 couples to tie the knot were realised in a mass wedding during the Raja Sehari Mega 2014 event in Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang on Sunday, reported Utusan Malaysia.

Each of the couples only had to fork out RM5,000 and the remaining expenses were covered by the event organisers, Pertubuhan Belia Wa­wa­san Baharu.

The fee included the wedding attire, venue, invitation cards, meals for guests, make-up artist and a photographer.

Programme director Izhain Ismail said the mass wedding was for those earning RM3,000 or less.

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