Thursday, February 4, 2010

In Malay, Adsense May Not Make Any Sense

Pictures are worth thousands words. Here's one screenshot that will tell you even more.



In plain English, the headline above says if you want to be a Malay, use Adsense. But I am sure the meaning is not that, of course. Some AI is at work here, no doubt. And this is what I am afraid of when my fellow countrymen do not know how to use the English Language properly in many years to come - just like Google's Ad makers' use of Bahasa Malaysia in this case.

I wonder where the NGOs that were rallying against the use of English in the teaching of Maths and Science in Malaysia months ago are now. Are they not concerned that the world is not using Bahasa Malaysia properly?

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