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Chrisalyn Bulan @ aak ulann😅😂

Yes

+Ryan Ho I so totally agree. Politicisation both in Malaysia and Singapore has diluted our language, one of the cornerstones of a culture.

Memang betul.. its because they had been absorbed into Mainstream Chinese culture as they are not Muslims thus all Malay culture and language is almost non existent in modern peranakan families. I know a few nyonya who still speaks Hokkien and Creole Malay and Bahasa Melayu language fluently but sadly none of her children or grand children are interested in learning the culture and history as well as Malay language due to racial categorization into mainstream Chinese.

Actually, I heard it used many a time by even the Chinese here who are not strictly Peranakans, namely Hokkiens, Hainanese and people from the other dialect groups who came to this part of the world later than the Peranakans. After all the Chinaman is not averse to using pejoratives like 'kwailo', xiangjiao' etc. So, what is the big deal. dude? You, too, are not properly educated in my estimation.

301250 uneducated people using derogatory words doesn't make these words less offensive, if you want to use some ambiguous words, invent your own, don't use English word which has undeniably condescending connotation in this case, clearly you weren't taught logic at school.

As I have already said, I have heard the word 'chinaman' used many a time in social gatherings in Malaysia in the past, some of whose make up was purely mono-ethnic, in this case, Chinese folks interacting with each other and always comprising members of different dialects. And from my years of observation, none took offence when this word was uttered (or if it did, at least it was imperceptible)! In fact, most times, it was accepted in good humour with everyone giggling away, even seeing it in the context of self-deprecation. After all, it is said that “true humour is laughter at oneself!” But I also heard this “derogatory” word used even in multi-ethnic discourse (non-official, of course!). I give you an example from my own personal experience: an Indian - or Malay, Eurasian or any non Chinese - member of the gathering decides to tell his story and midway drops this “term of endearment” ie, chinaman. a(Indian man tells his story: “I was in this eatery and when the cup of coffee arrived I was told by the Chinaman boss that since the retail price of sugar has gone up lately, his cost too has increased and therefore can't maintain the old price anymore blah, blah,blah”). I have a good Malay friend who is a retired British trained lawyer. We meet up once in a while for mamak tea and in any discourse touching on a particular issue pertaining to what he perceives as over-reaction on the part of his own race to some imaginary racial slight, I have heard him say, in a quite irritated way “Itu lah, orang Melayu ini.....”. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone. I think you are too politically correct.

Night Knight. I would like you to see the video "Dr Tony Tan attends Peranakan 'wedding banquet' and then you will realise that you are making a mountain out of a molehill. At 2.45, the person being interviewed said "my grandmother was a peranakan...my grandfather was a chinaman". And these are all Singaporeans, proud of their Chinese heritage! Enuf said.