BFM Podcast

It's Spelt "Kuetiau Goreng"

Tan KW
Publish date: Wed, 03 Mar 2021, 07:36 PM
It's Spelt "Kuetiau Goreng"

03-Mar-21 17:00

Uthaya Sankar SB, author

After decades of spelling the name of the flat rice noodle in myriad ways, Malaysians will now have an official spelling to abide by - ""kuetiau"", as ruled by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. We get Uthaya Sankar SB's thoughts on standardising the spelling of words that are borrowed across languages.

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wehcant

Sounds like Fried "Chicken Coop" to me.

2021-03-03 21:36

CynicalCyan

Kuey teow

2021-03-03 22:26

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