CannyOng SG Why? Cannot call Ah Tong or Ah Kong.... Why loan shark must call Ah Long in Chinese?Is Singapore the only country to call Loanshark 'Ah Long' ?
xavier1979 SG 所谓“大耳窿”，是放高利贷者的俗称，据说这个词出自香港，因为早期香港有些专门放高利贷的印度人，喜欢在耳朵上穿孔戴环，耳垂吃重下垂使耳洞看起来很大，就有人将这耳洞和债务的无底洞联想到一起，而创出“大耳窿”的叫法。Courtesy of baidu.com. (Accuracy to be verified.) http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/2889294.html?fr=qrl3
Deino SG In malay when you hear they call somebody pak long or mak long is refering to the eldest........i.e. eldest uncle, auntie.....its derived from the word sulung which means eldest.....
Short Ninja SG why gangsters they call them ah beng? Many older hokkien male have names that ends with Beng something ie.like Beng Huat ,Beng Seng now if he is a Chinese Muslim then maybe his name could be Beng La Deng
RaTtY8l SG Can u think of a name that is better than ah long and people will accept it? banks, financial institute???
rlsh07 SG Why? Cannot call Ah Tong or Ah Kong.... Why loan shark must call Ah Long in Chinese?Is Singapore the only country to call Loanshark 'Ah Long' ? our culture and our feature lo.
