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Because I use a lot of Indo on this mostly English site, here's some lingo for the uninitiated:abang=big brother
ade/adek=younger sibling (gender neutral)
bete/bt=a negative emotion, usually irritation or a bad mood
cewe/ce=slang for girls
cowo/co=slang for boys
ja'im (jaga imej/image)=guarding your social image
kakak (pronounced kaka')=older sibling (gender neutral, or female, depending)
--kak (ka')=honorific for older siblings or 'sempai'
kuliah/kul=college
gwe (sometimes gw, gue)=slang for I or me
SD=elementary school
SK (sometimes es-ka; setia kawan): solidarity, loyalty (among friends) skul=school
SMA=high school
SMP=middle school
TK=kindergarten
wa=slang for I, me (same as 'gwe')
what are all those 2s? this is shorthand for a 'kata ulang' or repeated word. ngakak2 is read ngakak-ngakak= laughing very hard
any words that need to be added?
November 5th, 2008
BARRY ANAK MENTENG, JAKARTA LOVES YOU
Way back at the beginning of the campaigning, when they accused Obama of having gone to a madrassa, some news crew (I think from CNN, but it was so long ago now, and I heard the story second hand) went to check it out, and interviewed the woman who had been his first grade teacher.
She said, "My student is going to be president of America?" and teared up.
I'd sure like to see her now.
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1856660_1793500,00.html
rurounibug ; 08:24 PM|fine, ignore me