World Wide Mike » malaysia http://mmm.beachtemple.com/blog Notes from the Journey that is Life Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:16:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Sometimes, Pronunciation is Key http://mmm.beachtemple.com/blog/2007/10/25/sometimes-pronunciation-is-key/ http://mmm.beachtemple.com/blog/2007/10/25/sometimes-pronunciation-is-key/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:34:13 +0000 Mike http://mmm.beachtemple.com/blog/2007/10/25/sometimes-pronunciation-is-key/ Last month the first Malaysian traveled to space. This is significant not only because Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, the orthopedic surgeon/lecturer/male model, is the first from Malaysia to orbit the earth, he is also the first Muslim to do so. In preparation for his trip a guidebook was written, describing how to observe Muslim religious obligations while in space.

This has gotten some media attention in Singapore. The other day on the bus I caught a news segment about this event. The anchorwoman summed the story up something like this:

A major milestone in the anals of Malaysian aerospace history.

She promptly corrected herself, pronouncing it annals.

I’m not sure if anyone else on the bus caught it… I was definitely the only one laughing :)

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