RSVP which is Respondez S'il Vous Plait - French for
"Please Reply" or "Reply if it pleases you" (literal
translation), means guests should reply to the invitation
early.

Some invitation cards have the words "Regrets only."
This means if you cannot make it, call and tell the host.
If you do not respond, it is taken as "Yes, I'm coming."
You are duty-bound to go, unless of course you die
before the dinner.

RIP - In Latin, it is Requiescat in pace (may he/she rest in peace)
is a common funeral prayer and grave inscription.
Remember, it is NOT Rest in Peace NOR Rust In Piece.

gigi rongak - the space between teeth in Malay. There is no
translation in a word in English..... (i didn't know that!!)



kiasu - in hockkien/fukien. in english it means, afraid to lose.

kiasi - in hockkien/fukien. in english, it means afraid to die.

kiaboh - in hockkien/fukien. in english, it means afraid of wife.

kialang - in hockkien/fukien. in english, it means afraid of people.

these 4 words are very popular among the malaysians who speaks
manglish(malaysian english) and the singaporeans who speaks
singlish(singapore english).

let me know when those 4 words become ----phobia.
i.e. arachnophobia - afraid of spiders.