I vaguly remember someone saying Indonesian can guess English when the vice versa is difficult.

So, there is a similarity between Bahasa and English??

For some words, yes. Like pensil=pencil, buku=book, apel=apple dan=and, polisi=police, kopi=coffee, etc etc

But I think Indonesian & English are different.

Oops I said that.

I didn't mean the words are the same or similar. I meant English is so prevalent and widely known, that chances are higher for indo to understand english than the other way around.

For example if someone says: 'I want to go to cinema/theatre', most indo can guess or even understand. But say 'Saya mau nonton' then non-indo speaker would have a problem.

Especially for technical, computer, and internet terms.

I see. Terima Kasih Azzy!! *bows*