this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2024
1577 points (98.3% liked)

Memes

45560 readers
724 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
1577
Happy Lunar New Year (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
239 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The "tahun baru cina" thing used in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Brunei isn't uncommon or disused btw. It's the term used by the native Malay population because Malay is the official language in those countries. A term not used by the cultures celebrating this lunar new year.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

I have not heard that term during the lunar New Year, and I've heard people say Happy New Year in Malaysia hundreds of times.

If you're a native Malay, I will take your word for it that your particular village(which village are you from ?) is peculiar, since that is not the common national phrase.

You don't sound like a native malay.

You have way too many native English joinders to be a Malay.

Are you searching Google for any international phrase that connects to China so that you're not completely wrong about this, even though you were completely wrong about this?