Submitted 1 year ago by cendawanita@monyet.cc to cafe@monyet.cc
https://nitter.kavin.rocks/egasmb/status/1691789735142772893?t=TEqICQW88m7QtdHTXTORbw&s=19
The link takes you to a nitter copy (it works again!) But in case elon kasi dia koyak lagi: twitter.com/egasmb/status/1691789735142772893?t=k…
And it’s qt another thread of his, and basically… It’s no contest syiok/shiok/syok comes from Malay, but where did Malay got it? Apparently by way of Persian and it still exists in Malay, as “asyik”.
Pretty cool stuff!
I get an error from the nitter copy, this is a divine sign for me to stop doomscrolling even nitter. Lmao
Alamak… Kantoi lagi??
Has something to do with the bypass to register with Twitter failing.
i thought syiok is derived from shock?
Basically: no.
munkkey@monyet.cc 1 year ago
Another example is 烧/燒: in Mandarin, in Hokkien but SEA pronunciation closer to /sio/, while Mainland and Taiwan is /ɕio/. ɕ rendered in Pinyin is .
cendawanita@monyet.cc 1 year ago
Oooh interesting!