This will probably be deleted, but I thought straight away it was an odd thing to say The expression "all right" is so English, not the sort of thing said by a Malaysian. If he had said OK, I might not have noticed.
Hi Jeanlyon
I am unsure if you ever lived or visited Malaysia, which was a colony of the British, and where English is widely spoken together with their language, Bahasa Malaysia. The average Malaysian speaks decent English IMO so much so applicants seeking to migrate to eg Australia, do not have to go through the IELTS testing, given as an example.
Undubbed content from the US and elsewhere forms a large portion of openly available TV channels in Malaysia.
It would not surprise me if he had indeed said that. I would think that the captain was educated in an English medium school and took all his professional courses in English.
Disclaimer: Born in Kuala Lumpur, living in Switzerland for years.
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