Author's articles
The Virgin Queen of the Malay World
By Wan Yee · 15 years ago
Elizabeth I the Virgin Queen of England was not alone as a woman ruler who remained unmarried throughout her life.
Let's begin with the death of Elizabeth in 1603. Seven years after her death, a ...
Bahasa Malaysia and Flowers
By Wan Yee · 17 years ago
First, the inedible flowers. In Bahasa Malaysia, flowers on tyres does not mean the pretty part of a plant enveloped by delicate petals. When
a traffic policeman warns you that there are "no flowers" on ...
The History of Malay Language
By Wan Yee · 17 years ago
The history of Malay language is divided into four periods : Old Malay, Early Modern Malay, Late Modern Malay and Contemporary Malay.
The above divisions excludes inconclusive "scholarly" debates pertaining to pre-historic Malay in which ...