Yes, ERNI.
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" Hello, is that Aini?"
" Aini? err.. not quite.."
" Ha? this is Sam lah.. the ex neighbour"
" Ooooh Sam! it's erni lah.. "
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"Helok, is tat ernard"
"Bernard? You want to speak to Bernard? I think you got the wrong number"
"Not... Ernard. Ernard please?"
"Errm, are you calling from (another country)?"
"Yard."
" ?... oh.. ok.. this is ernard.. I mean erni"
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"Her name is Erni", Pink told her non malay friend.
Me : Ya, I'm Erni.. Hi.
NMF : Ernie? as in Ernie and
Me : (Alaaaa!... here we go again.) \:-| aah.. no lah. Not Ernie.. Erni.
NMF : Ah? what?
Pink : Erni. Er..... ni.
NMF : Ha.. wah!.. how to pronounce ah? E....e....eyl..ni? E..eyl..ni? Eh.. very difficult leh.
I can imagine how difficult it was for her. It sounded like she was trying to make her tongue do an impossible double somersault twirl.
Me : It's ok :-) Ernie will do.
NMF : Eh, nevermind lah.. teach me. I want to pronounce properly.
Appreciative that she's trying, I thought for a while...
Me : Ok.. do you know the 'AIR' that we breathe in? Say 'air'.
NMF : Air?
Me : Right.. So, say.. 'air' 'ny'
NMF : Air-ny (Erni)
Me : There.. you got it.
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Oh, and it is also NOT spelled 'Ernie'. It's only Erni - you save 1 key stroke/character space with the correct spelling. :)
Nice to meet you too.
7 comments:
aini seh. nama old skool haha XD
FYI > it's Ernie & Bert.. not Bird. hee.
hairil,
old school but sounds quite sweet lah kan..
zee,
ah ah eh.. :p main lagau aje.. akan buat pembetulan.
ainii..angkat kain hujaaan.. jemuran dah turuuun..
that version of erni uh? i've always thought it was the ernie and bert version..
...jgn marah uh..
haha .. wat a cute entry! =)
sis...how ppl pronounce ur name even in a funny way or making fun of it(like me,sulasthri, the boys at sch called sulas'one', sulas'two', seulassepokok....hhhmmm but im still proud of my name bcos that is the first "gift" from my parents.
redtide,
yg tu.. dulu pun kadang2 kena jugak.
fiza,
Like you? ;D
su,
my name is from my beloved late grandmother. (May Allah bless her kind soul).
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