Ingat tak...

Was just browsing my new Baba Malay dictionary (written by Gwee Thian Hock) this evening. I find memories there, how my grandmother or other family and family friends used to say certain things. One thing my Malaysian BM-educated wife and I have discussions about is the Peranakan pronunciation: toksa instead of tak usah (tak perlu is more commonly used?), pi instead of pergi, semonyet instead of sebunyi, apsair instead of apa pasal... Sad that we don't have the family environment where all this is common, everyday language. Nowadays we only throw in the Baba Malay on occasions when we have (usually older) true-blue Peranakans visiting.