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What's "Oni Wat"?

Oni maksud "oni wat..." bih?

What does "oni wat..." actually mean? It's actually a typical Bidayuh phrase that's synonymous with the following phrases of other languages:

  • Standard Malay:  Kenapa... or Mengapa... 
  • Standard English: Why is it...
  • Melayu Pasar:      Apsal... or Apo ko he... or Pasal ape...
  • Town English:      What the h***...

So notice that I use a Bidayuh sentence to start off each blog post and the blog itself is associated to the starting question or sentence. But nothing's perfect in the world so there's gonna be occasions that I do go off topic, but hey...like anybody's really expecting it.

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  1. Unknown20 May 2013 at 16:51

    O Gai, " Selamat Onu Gawai Daya" to you and family that's coming soon.Nice blog.Keep it up.

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