Di desa Wageningen yang terdiri dari beragam mahasiswa dari seluruh dunia, saya sering mendengar dan menyaksikan beragam dialek Bahasa Inggris, tidak hanya British atau American English.

Misalnya dialek India, yang mirip orang Bali ngomong ‘patung’; Afrika yang membaca ejaan English seperti ejaan latin; Pilipina dengan ‘ion’-nya, dan lain-lain.

Mungkin, tanpa disadari kami yang dari Indonesia juga punya dialek khas. Seperti yang diforward oleh Mbak Wahyu Widiastuti di milis PPI Wageningen, siang ini:

Singlish (Singaporean English) is marked by ‘lah’:
Come on, buy-lah,
cheap-lah,
quick-quick- lah,

Jakartenglish (Jakarte English) is marked by the ’sih’, ‘deh’, ‘dong’, ‘nih’, etc.

That book is very good, deh.
Can you speak english? / Yeah a litle sih I can!
Use my money first nih…
Give me more dong…
[Jeje] She is overthere, no… (dia di sono,no…)

Sundanesenglish is also available such as atuh, euy, mah

Well, if that kind, it pretty so-so atuh…
It can’t be that way euy…
I am mah, not like that…

Javenesenglish… The typical Javanese language: ‘lho’, ‘lha’, ‘tho’, ‘kok’, ki, etc.

Lho, I already bought that book!
Kok, buying again?
I told you many times ‘tho’!
Lha, I did’nt know… how ki!?
Don’t be like that, no…!?

Other exclamation words of Java : wo_, wah, wé_, jian, and jé_Wé_ lha this book is mine jé…!
Wo_, only like that tho!
Wah, expensive, tho?
Jian, Paijem is so beautiful tenan.

Anything else?

There are also abundant ’sound effect’ in Javanese language.

Suddenly, mak bedhengus den Tukiman appeared…
My head feels pain, mak cleng!
Mak tlepok, I got a mango!
My chicken is suddenly died, mak cekengkeng…
Mak gedebhug, Kampreté fell down.