I was browsing through my friends blogspot and something got my attention.
Source from: butimalmostlegal.blogspot.com
Minahspeak is not limited to verbal communication. We Minahs love to text, and sure we've developed a distinct text language, sometimes you find hard to comprehend. Different Minahs have different styles, but generally, after a couple of messages, we'll adapt to each other's form of texting and we are able to understand.
But for the forever lost, here are 5 basic guidelines for Minah style texting, just to help you understand.
1. Spell everything differently. Substitute i with y. eg. like = lyk, nite = nyte Substitute y with e. eg. Hapi Bdae. Todae. Who sae I minah?
2. Be creative with shortforms. Don't bother with 'takper' or even, 'takpe'. Go with 'xpe'. x = tak. You know, like when you don't want something you cross it out.
3. Use the number '0', in place of the letter 'o'. eg. El0. K0l i. Oh and if your prepaid is low, tell your friend, 'pp8 l0w'. (application of rule 2 and 3)
4. Reply to all messages, a 'K' will suffice. Even if that's gonna cost you 5 cents. Ni semua manners beb! Duit mana mana leh cari.
5. Leave out alphabets and punctuations. 'Gi mane?' can be effectively shortened to 'G ane' If you need to ask who your friend is with, forget 'Kau ngan sape?', just go 'Ko n sape' (remember, no punctuation). eg. ko n sape nak g ane k ku tgh siap Don't worry, your friend will understand that euu are trying to ask her who she's with, where euu guys are headed and that euu are getting ready.
Like she said, you text like that? you know your in the scene.
