tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871598845038438285.post6260590469137095648..comments2024-02-22T15:05:55.354+08:00Comments on SS Quah's Anything Goes: Alamak, what's this?SS Quahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01381303088063204630noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871598845038438285.post-78922997648808150872009-07-14T17:16:18.149+08:002009-07-14T17:16:18.149+08:00Oh dont worry honourable Nyonya Lady. The Malaysia...Oh dont worry honourable Nyonya Lady. The Malaysian cabinet might bann the Christians from using the Word "Allah" .... but not 'alamak'<br />bec... 'alamak' has got no connection at all with the word "Allah". Most likely it is from the Japanese word "Aramah" which also means 'alamak'.<br /><br />The word "Allah" is banned probably bec govt is concerned that Christian will try to use it to propagate their faith to Muslim youth. And by using 'Allah' youths will be easily waylayed. <br /><br />You can see my further explanation on 'alamak' when I reply to afzainizam's posting later today.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17588012983413100198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6871598845038438285.post-51079698540724956152009-04-08T14:52:00.000+08:002009-04-08T14:52:00.000+08:00Hi, I did a bit of searching on the net and I foun...Hi, I did a bit of searching on the net and I found a a bit of history on the origins of the word Alamak. You might be interested to read this.<BR/><BR/>http://afzainizam.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/the-origin-of-the-word-alamak-ii/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com