Stories About ‘Language’

The following stories talk about the subject ‘Language’.

Manohara Odelia Pinot

Monday, July 20th, 2009, by Patung. 24 Comments

Manohara Odelia PinotTabloid media sensation Manohara Odelia Pinot, building mosques and being honoured by the Solo kraton.


Roy Suryo & Dewa 19

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008, by Patung. 16 Comments

A tale of two not very likeable characters - Roy Suryo reports Dewa 19 & Ahmad Dhani to the police for flag desecration.


Popular Myths & Madura

Friday, October 3rd, 2008, by timdog. 30 Comments

Timdog on popular stereotypes about Madura and the Madurese, and the rumoured sexual prowess of the women.


Learning Javanese Words & Phrases

Thursday, August 28th, 2008, by Guest Writer. 36 Comments

Purba Negoro on the future of Javanese language, and learning some easy words and phrases.


Malay Loan Words in English

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008, by Patung. 75 Comments

AmokA not very taxing quiz to guess the Malay/Indonesian origins of some words in English.


Literary Parody

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008, by timdog. 27 Comments

Timdog gives Pramoedya Ananta Toer the literary parody treatment.


Improve Your Writing in English

Friday, June 6th, 2008, by Patung. 11 Comments

Keyboard Using software to improve your written English, auto-correction of grammar, punctuation, and spelling mistakes.


Media Self Censorship

Monday, February 11th, 2008, by Patung. 46 Comments

President Yudhoyono asks the media to not report inappropriate news stories.


Neo Colonialism in Bali

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008, by Guest Writer. 47 Comments

Patronising neo-colonialist attitudes by westerners in Bali.


The Indonesian Way of Death

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008, by Ross. 11 Comments

The Indonesian way of death is too graphic for some.


Blog Rank Widgets/Buttons

Friday, January 25th, 2008, by Patung. 4 Comments

Ranking widgets for blogs in the Top 100.


Javanese School Days

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008, by Patung. 22 Comments

Compulsory Javanese speaking in schools.


Religious Fanaticism

Thursday, December 20th, 2007, by Guest Writer. 24 Comments

Religious fanaticism, Hitler, and monkeys.


Learning Indonesian

Monday, November 26th, 2007, by Guest Writer. 51 Comments

Ausdag explains why learning Indonesian is not popular in Australia.


Metro TV Xin Wen

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007, by Ross. 63 Comments

Ross on Metro TV's Chinese-language news service, Xin Wen.


Multi and Mono Cultures

Saturday, September 30th, 2006, by Patung. 6 Comments

Multi-culturalism, or what Indonesians might call pluralism, is often spoken of as key to Indonesia's make-up and stability but this is likely wrong-headed.


Javanese Language

Wednesday, September 13th, 2006, by Patung. 124 Comments

Javanese language and script are dying and president Yudhoyono is one who is concerned.


Learn Indonesian Language

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006, by Patung. 1 Comment

A basic instruction course in bahasa Indonesia, the Indonesian language.


Personal Pronouns

Monday, July 10th, 2006, by Patung. 2 Comments

The pronouns of bahasa Indonesia, both standard Indonesian language forms and slang and colloquial forms particularly as used in Javanese areas of the country.


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