THIS week’s Right For Business looks at the impact that some features of Malaysian pronunciation have on writing.
I recently went to visit an office in Kuala Lumpur, where I was met by a note on the door. It read “We had move”. Since there was no sign of life and the door was locked, I assumed that the writer of the note intended to tell the caller that the occupants of the premises were no longer there.
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