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Di Bawoh Rang Ikang Kering
Random Ramblings of A Retired Retainer

LAPANG DALANG

Friday, April 15, 2005
Last week I received the same joke from two people namely Wan M. and Toye. The joke is about Trengganuspeak:

There's this one family of terengganu people nak balik raye and they were stuffed into one kancil.seven of the family members all together.so the mum said,

mum: guane nih..penuh kete.dok muak ayoh mu wey!
dad: betul jugok.guane nok buak nih?lamo dok sapa kampong.
mum: tujuh oghang dokleh sumbak masuk kete kancil nih.kecik do'oh.

and then they thought and thought of the solution to their problem and how to make some space in the car. suddenly their youngest son shouted..

son: abah2,umi2,awang tau doh guane nok buak.kite skarang ade tujuh oghang.tamboh la soghang lagi. baru jadik 'lapang'...


The originator of this joke is surely not a Terengganu native. Terengganu native uses lapang for the number eight and lega for spacious ore relieved. But to Wan M. and Toye, thanks for sharing. I will give you a lapang joke in return. Warning! SX18.

Two friends met after being apart for many many years. Here's the dialog:

Ahmad : Ahmid! Alahai lama tak benar tak jumpa! Apa khabar?

Ahmid : Bolehlah! Kamu dah berapa anak? Macam mana berniaga?

Ahmad: Berniaga tak berapa bagus! anak saya sembilan! Sempit rasanya! Awak pula bagaimana?

Ahmid: Saya punya perniagaan bagus. Anak saya sorang saja. Saya rasa lapang!

Ahmad: Awak bertuah!

Ahmid: Tak, awak yang bertuah Ahmad.

Ahmad: Ha?

Ahmid: Ya, awak bertuah. 9 orang anak masih rasa sempit......

Ahmad:???

(No translation. It will get lost)