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Why do we call indian people "keling kia, ah neh"

Tonychatter

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yup the local shit skins don't really treat local chinese like bros. They always have that disgusting you owe me a living attitude and on top of that try all ways and means to take advantage of chinese.

A Sinkie ah neh and an India Ah Neh got difference? Sinkie stock is poorer according to LKY. Does this theory stand?
 

TNP(Tua Neh Pau)

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TeoChew and Hokkien call them 'Ah Orh'
Chinese call them 'Xiao Hei'


Guide to how to call Indians

Apuneh - from the sound of Tamil language
Keling - from the sound of their jewellery
Mama - Tamil for uncle
Tambi - Tamil for brother
Bangali - Local Bangladeshi
Bangla - Foreign worker Bangladeshi
Bayi - old common name for Singh
 

halsey02

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no always true . When I was young, we always them indian - keling kwai ,malay- malai kwai , caucasian - hong mo kwai, ...no diff all kwai except the chinese.

Don't forget the, hamsup kwai, yum sup kwai....kwai ta kwai..
 

bobby

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Those days when Clint Eastwood was the famous hero in Hollywood western movies...every Indian in Singapore and Malaysia wanted to emulate him and be like him.

But alas, they could not properly pronounced his name Clint...and it came out as "keling" instead in the tamil accent. The rest is history.
 
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