The grass is always green on my side.

Being Johorean, I had to check this out when I saw it on Friendster. I can relate to most of it but seeing that there are a few I can’t, does it mean I ain’t true blue?? O well, if you’re Johorean too, holler at me!

1. They end 9 out of 10 sentences with Ekkk…
Ekk ialah trademark orang Johor. Digunakan di hujung SETIAP ayat menggantikan tanda soal(question mark). Contoh :- Ni awak punyer ekk? Nama awak saper ekk ? Kenapa kite kaler tak cantik ekk ?

2. They refer to Johor Bahru as Johor and not JB.
Kalau orang di negeri Johor sebut Johor, it means Johor Bahru (JB), the city not the state. Normally used by mereka yang tinggal di luar bandar Johor Baru seperti di Masai-chusettes umpamanya. Contoh : Beb, gua nak turun Johor laa. Lu nak ikut
gua tak? So, if you ARE already in Johor, tak kira di daerah mana - if the locals kata nak pergi Johor, it means nak ke Johor Bahru. Jangan pulak buat lawak bongok** berkata, ” Eh, lu kan dah ada kat Johor?” Or worse, jangan memandai nak tambah
ekk with that question.

3. They pronounce Muar as MUOR. (kena juih bibir sikit)
In fact you pronounce everything that ends with “AR” as “OR”. Contoh : Aku kena pakai seluor besor untuk main bolor kat Muor besok. (Aku kena pakai seluar besar nak main bola di Muar besok). Lapo (lapar), penampor (penampar), ulor (ular), pagor (pagar) dan lain-lain.

4. They are brash with a CRAZY sense of humour.
Honestly, I haven’t met Johorean yang serious or square to a T. Or cannot take a joke. Walaupun pendiam atau pemalu , but  their sense of humour boleh tahan gak. Almost all of them yang aku jumpa dan kenal lah) are either loyar buruk or bigor. Baik di kampung mahu di Bandar. The sense of humour is unique that I find sometimes orang luar (non-Johorean) agak takut with the brashness of budak-budak Johor.

5. Diorang ada ENDUT **. [No idea what the heck this means!!]
Kalau tak pernah berendut, sure pernah ada endut or busuk-busuk pun teringin nak ada endut. Contoh ayat : Haa…kau dah ada endut yer? Kau pergi berendut kat mana ? Orang berendut dia pun nak berendut.

6. Diorang Makan Gula Tarik, Sagun, Gula Kandy, Bobotok…. [Not familiar with this one either]
Dah lama aku tak tengok atau makan gula tarik, sagun or candy. Ada lagi ke bebenda ni kat Johor? Gula tarik ader lagi kat Stesen bas Larkin..

7. Pernah (or berangan nak) jadi Mat Rock.
Aku rasa sebab kedudukan Johor dekat dengan Singapore, sebab itulah pengaruh Barat di Malaysia masuk melalui Johor dulu. Itu
teori aku lah. But kalau ikutkan sejarah Johor, Sultan yang mula-mula kawin dengan Mat Salleh pun Sultan Johor (Almarhum). So, tak heranlah kalau kmpln Rock kat Malaysia ini semua ada susur galur dari Johor. Amy, Zainal Abidin, Nash etc. Boleh pakai ke  teori aku ni? Jangan aku kena pancung dengan Sultan,dah ler.Ampun Tuanku!

8. Kenduri Kawin Ada Telur Pindang
Telur pindang ialah telur ayam yang direbus dgn segala macam rempah dan dedaun untuk m’dptkan that special taste. Lepas rebus,telur akan berwarna cokelat. Both kulit dan isi. Kinda nice..Normally it’s for special occasion, like wedding day.

9. Tidur atas LECA** (rhyme with letak and baca, the non-baku way).
Baju simpan dalam GEROBOK **. Ambik GEBOR tu.

10. They never watch RTM sebab semua cerita dah tengok kat Channel Singapore! [I totally agree!]
When I was growing up, aku cukup suka tengok TV Singapore sebab iklan dia semua dari overseas, very menarik. Besides the cerita yang terkinilah. Well, TV Singapore cuma dapat ditengok oleh penduduk JB dan kawasan yang sewaktu dengannya. As you go further up north (of Johor), you can see aerial TV semua setinggi pokok kelapa - semata-mata nak dapatkan siaran from Singapore!

1 Comment so far »

  1. by Irenemoi, on September 28 2007 @ 7:22 pm

     

    Wow, how you know all these?

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