"~ The Betul Nut Island ~" Penang by bkoon

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BEAUTIFUL PENANG ISLAND

Is strange that I do not build a Penang Page until now. Well, Penang is my hometown. My parents' and siblings' too. All my relatives are there.

I used to go back to Penang twice every year during my schooling days. Whenever I step on Penang, the only thing I would chase for, THE FOOD! I love Penang Laksa and the Curry Mee too. Anyway, there is a difference between the 2.

What really amazes me is (still is) that I can differentiate a person from the north (Penang) and a person from somewhere else just by speaking with them in Hokkien.

Penang Hokkien (Hokkien is the most widely spoken Chinese dialet in Penang) and the "normal" Hokkien are different. If you understand both, how do you say chicken rice for instance?
Penang Hokkien - Ke-Pui
Normal Hokkien - Kuey-Png

Gees. So weird, right? According to mum and dad, the Penang Hokkien has a lot of "Malay flavour", similar to Medan, Indonesia.

  • Last visit to Penang: Aug 2005
  • Intro Updated Aug 8, 2005
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Comments (3)

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    muddybok's Profile Photo
    Aug 8, 2005 at 9:36 PM

    Yah! Baby yah!! This Penang page is gonna be as hot as Penang Laksa or Char Kuey Tiau.

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    l_joo's Profile Photo
    Aug 16, 2004 at 11:57 AM

    The Penang hokkien of Malay flavour is probably the most Malaysianize language and Penanglang need a good dictionary for this.....haha

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    dvideira's Profile Photo
    May 30, 2004 at 11:58 AM

    Lookin forward to seeing you Penang's tips and pics... I'm not complaining ;o) I have not built my hometown page either...

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