MARANG: There’s nothing unusual when a Terengganu native who enjoys his mackerel with sambal belacan says: “Ni ikang aye masok singgang. Kite makang dengan ulam, sambal belacang jadi doh.” But it’s quite something when it’s said by an Englishman!
Having lived in Malaysia for five years is enough to turn Daniel Tyler, or “Mat Dan” as he is known here, into a fluent speaker of the local dialect.
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