the term Ang mor
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Yo. What does this sub dialect word Ang mor mean exactly? I know it refers to caucasian people, but i am unsure if it is derogatory. Reason i ask? BEcause people at my new camp refer to me as the ang mor when talking to their colleagues, they then immediately apologise to me for using that term after realising i am near lol. So is it or is it not derogatory?
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Red hair?
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ANG= RED. MOR/ MOH= HAIR...which means red haired.
UNLESs THEY ADD GUI. Which = GHOST. -
yes it is derogatory. but for indirect purposes..
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It's not derogatory, it's just a Singaporean way of callin caucasian people...Originally posted by men_@_arms:Yo. What does this sub dialect word Ang mor mean exactly? I know it refers to caucasian people, but i am unsure if it is derogatory. Reason i ask? BEcause people at my new camp refer to me as the ang mor when talking to their colleagues, they then immediately apologise to me for using that term after realising i am near lol. So is it or is it not derogatory? -
+1Originally posted by Quinsy:ANG= RED. MOR/ MOH= HAIR...which means red haired.
UNLESs THEY ADD GUI. Which = GHOST.
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They will say you are ang mor pai, ang mor pai = jia kantang.
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I don't think it is derogatory. But in the Cantonese version, termed as "Guai Lo"....perhaps it is. I've heard this term used over our multicultural radio station and the DJ asked the caller to use "Sai Yan" (Western person) instead.
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used to be derogatory maybe 60 years ago. now it is more of a normal usage.Originally posted by littlestream:I don't think it is derogatory. But in the Cantonese version, termed as "Guai Lo"....perhaps it is. I've heard this term used over our multicultural radio station and the DJ asked the caller to use "Sai Yan" (Western person) instead. -
oic. Thanks for the corrections.
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If it is not derogatory, then why would they apologise to me for using it???
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They afraid you'll give them a Donnie Yuen roundhouse kick and uppercut.Originally posted by men_@_arms:If it is not derogatory, then why would they apologise to me for using it??? -
it may not sound nice, example chinks to chinese? some ppl may not like it, but im cool with it. its base on the person too. yupp
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if u have red hair .... plp will also call u ang mor
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local slang...
Group Slang More correct reference (hokkien)
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indians ah neh in door lang
malay huan kiah mah lai lang
westerner ang moh say hong lang -
local slang...
Group -> Slang -> More correct reference (hokkien)
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indians -> ah neh -> in door lang
malay -> huan kiah -> mah lai lang
westerner -> ang moh -> say hong lang -
its not derogatory.Originally posted by men_@_arms:Yo. What does this sub dialect word Ang mor mean exactly? I know it refers to caucasian people, but i am unsure if it is derogatory. Reason i ask? BEcause people at my new camp refer to me as the ang mor when talking to their colleagues, they then immediately apologise to me for using that term after realising i am near lol. So is it or is it not derogatory?
last time got what portuguess, or dutch, or dunno what race occupying places around the world as colonies. then it so happened that some of them went to Taiwan and put a colony there. These people are red heads, and the CHinese people called them "red haired" THis is before the British came to CHina and Shit like that. but the term red haired stayed and got applied to all caucasians. -
if they called u ang moh ghost, then its derogatory. otherwise its not, its just a funny way of calling caucasians.Originally posted by men_@_arms:If it is not derogatory, then why would they apologise to me for using it???