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It's Spelt "Kuetiau Goreng"

It's Spelt "Kuetiau Goreng"

Evening Edition

March 3, 202122m 25s

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After decades of spelling the name of the flat rice noodle in myriad ways, Malaysians will now have an official spelling to abide by - ""kuetiau"", as ruled by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. We get Uthaya Sankar SB's thoughts on standardising the spelling of words that are borrowed across languages.

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