More Western than the Western?

Last night was probably the second time I was reminded of my behaviour. My preference for English & not being well-versed in my own mother tongue. Oookayyy.. I do use English a lot for work, in fact we don't use the national language at all, so I am a little out of touch with the national language. Mea Culpa. I take responsibility and will use the national language wherever I can from now on.

The next matter to address is my daughter, number 4. She speaks Malay like a westerner. She is trying. We spoke English to her from the beginning, since she was born, after being appalled by the state of English of our elder kids. We want them to be bilingual at least and master English. However we didn't expect number 4 to completely sound foreign when she speaks Malay. Again, mea culpa.

What's next? Speak more Malay at home I suppose. And correct their English grammar at the same time. And read more Malay books. I can do it!