A slip of the ear

My son-in-law and family were watching a feature film on TV one afternoon. Suddenly Nuraina said to her brother, Umar: “I heard he said ‘Hussain,’ abang.” She was referring to the dialogue uttered by one of the character in the English movie. She was excited because she thought she heard the character had mentioned the name ‘Hussain’ (a Muslim name) which seemed anomalous to her. Umar responded promptly, “It’s not ‘Hussain,’ adik. He said ‘WHO SAYS.’ That means ‘SAPA* [sic] CAKAP.’”

Fabulous kids

*SAPA dialect (=SIAPA)

Note: In the above snippet the siblings actually talked in Malay.