‘Cheers!’ In Different Languages

A Mongolian, a Chinese, a Thai, a Singaporean and a Malaysian (that’s me) walked into a bar in Copenhagen.

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After a round of Tiger, the Mongolian, keen to make friends though limited in his English, asked everyone to raise their beer bottles.

Mongolian: Ok everyone, CHEERS!
Everyone: Cheers!
Mongolian: In Mongolia, we say ‘tu loh!’ Ok everyone, say TU LOH!!!
Everyone: Tu loh!

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Then the Mongolian turned to the Thai.

Mongolian: How you say ‘cheers’ in Thailand?
Thai: In Thailand, we say ‘chai yo!’
Mongolian: Ok everyone, CHAI YO!!!
Everyone: Chai yo!!!

And then the Mongolian turned to the Chinese.

Mongolian: How you say ‘cheers’ in China?
Chinese: In China, we say ‘gan bei!’
Mongolian: Ok everyone, GAN BEI!!!
Everyone: Gan bei!!!

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The Mongolian turned to me.

Mongolian: How you say ‘cheers’ in Malaysia?
Kenny: In Malaysia, we say ‘yyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammm seng!’

At this point, the Mongolian was probably thinking what the hell? Poor Malaysians. By the time they finished shouting, their beer would have turned cold already.

Mongolian: Ok everyone, YYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMM SENG!!!

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Finally, the Mongolian turned to the Singaporean.

Mongolian: How you say ‘cheers’ in Singapore?
Singapore: Same! Same as Malaysia.
Mongolian: Ok everyone, SSSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMEEE!!!

Just got off a 12 hour flight from Denmark today. But this weekend I’ll be flying off again. This time round, I’ll be on the other end of the globe, joining Kim Ong and Lap Sap to celebrate our country’s Merdeka Day with all the Malaysians living abroad in Melbourne. If you’re in town, join us this Sunday night 30th August at CQ Bar in Queen St. 

I promise not to make the koalas drunk.

85 Replies to “‘Cheers!’ In Different Languages”

  1. that’s funny, saaaaaaaammmmeee, i wonder whether this is deliberate made by the mongol people, i mean, same is an english word, right???
    but still, its hilarious…its nice to bottoms up with people from different country

  2. lol…i defintely like the last part where the mongolian didnt quite understand what the singaporean said and shouted saaammmmeee…. nice one there….haha…

  3. “At this point, the Mongolian was probably thinking what the hell? Poor Malaysians. By the time they finished shouting, their beer would have turned cold already.”
    No la kenny, the beer would have turned warm…

  4. not funny leh??? i heard worse ones from the south east asians….
    kudos the mongolian guy!!!
    Chinii Tu Loh (what is that by the way????)!!!

  5. uh..Malaysia?
    = 3, malay, chinese, Indian…if you want to add ‘lain-lain’? =4. But, the lain-lain has more race division.., thus, MOngolian needs a longer time to spell ‘cheers’.
    Hmm, by just saying, ‘same’, will save a lot of time.

  6. WAH I VELLI INSULTED HOR. JOKE CAN JOKE BUT DUN INSULT MY BELOVED SINGAPORE YAMSENG CAN O NOT ?
    LIMPEH KA LE KONG, SINGAPOREAN’S YAM SENG IS MUCH MUCH LONGER THAN UR MALAYSIAN VERSION OKAY !?
    We go at least 1 minute…..MINIMUM ! Some of us kiasu yamseng until can pengsan okay don’t play play ah !
    U dun belive me u come webcam now email me ah !! I yamseng you until you die ah then only u know !! My bestrecord is 4 MINUTES 44 SECONDS YAMSENG JUST SO U KNOW AH DUN PLAY PLAY !!!! WANT FIGHT ISSIT !? COME LAH I SCARED YOU AH !? BE A MAN. BE A MAN KENNY BE A MAN.

  7. you never fail to make me laugh..haha..good one:)..i look forward to read your blog everyday..even today, when it’s my birthday…hehe..and btw a msg to one of the reader here- THIS IS NOT A LAME BLOG!!

  8. isn’t it obvious that there are all jelouz of u kenny? u r in right direction, keep on writing. homour us! CONGRATS

  9. as i was reading i was just wondering how was the Singaporean and Malaysian going to say the same thing…..lol lol!
    awesome one! hit the spot! =P
    next time we should say it as yam sammmmeeee!

  10. hey kenny, yaammm seeennn so long til beer turns cold? isn’t the beer supposed to be cold already? lol

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