Talk:Karung guni

verify spelling[edit]

Is it "karang guni" or "karung guni"? --Vsion 14:30, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Anything will do actually, I will make a redirect for the latter. --Ter e nce Ong _{(Chat | Contribs)} 15:12, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Malaysian usage[edit]

Uh...in Malaysia "karung guni" is simply Malay for gunny sack. Shouldn't we mention this? Johnleemk | Talk 09:23, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In the old days, they did use the sack bags to carry the newspapers. Not sure if anyone still use them, but high chance there is a relation here. Since there is a more direct etymological relation for "karung guni"; I suggest a move to Karung guni. "Karang" looks like a corruption (grammar) that is also commonly used. --Vsion 19:22, 17 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If the phrase means gunny sack, then how come it's translated later as "rag and bone"? 12.28.15.70 (talk) 07:49, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's later use is closer to "rage and bone" than it is "gunny sack", hence it's translation. For instance, the word apple could very well mean anything. It just so happens that we've chosen to give the label to a piece of fruit. Sound absurd? Not so much. Think about it, we call laptops of a particular interface "an apple" all the time. Everything is relative, philosophically and in literature as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DieselBeetle (talk • contribs) 17:47, 16 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is this in decline[edit]

Surely this must be in decline. Singapore is a developed country, so I can't see how people can make an acceptable living from it nowadays. Mowsbury 18:27, 3 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not really. Singapore, unlike other countries, has a dense population that lives close together. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.186.12.219 (talk) 08:52, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Source needed for confirmation[edit]

"A few karang guni men have been prosecuted for attempting to steal scrap material from the green recycling bags placed outside housing units for collection"

--> Where did this statement come from? Is it about true stories about these karang guni men being caught and prosecuted for trying to steal materials from recycling bags? Kimberry352 (talk) 08:04, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]