English speaking Filipinos - what's your opinion?

[tackielarla]

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only for instruction and communications... other than that, wala na. Still National Language is Filipino only.

1987 Constitution
Article XIV

Section 6. The national language of the Philippines is Filipino. As it evolves, it shall be further developed and enriched on the basis of existing Philippine and other languages.

Subject to provisions of law and as the Congress may deem appropriate, the Government shall take steps to initiate and sustain the use of Filipino as a medium of official communication and as language of instruction in the educational system.


*** para nako, dili ko ganahan. plain and simple, nakalimtan na hapit atong kinaugalingon nga sinultihan. pila na lang ka pilipino knows how to speak straight and grammatically correct Filipino or bisan bisaya?

OT: basin adto na sad ni padung sa discrimination arguments...

I don't think the dude contended that English is a "National" language...

Personally, i dont have any problem with that. Since English is also one our country's official languages, so i think there is nothing wrong with that.

My take: ok ra oi. More of our brothers are earning more-than-decent salary just by knowing how to speak good English. If it benefits our people, it must be good.

Although di nato kalimtan ato roots. Of course.

[duke pikaso]

good por you.. writer in da hauz!!

ngayo ko copy ah!!

nag take unta ka journalism..


or tri media.. kay speaking and writing man ang pwidi...

[junmar4]

Ako mas gusto e improve ang akong english rather than my tagalog. Not that i hate tagalog, it's just my personal reason or life or career plan. English can make my voice heard practically all over the world. I have a plan to write a book someday. Presently, i'm updating my blog on a weekly basis.

it would be a good idea. what i hate lang sa uban tawo bisan improper kaayo, english gihapon. because in some places man gud sa Pinas, the people you talk to in english makafeel inferior sila.

As long as naa sa sakto nga lugar okay ra nako. Pero unta pud nato kalimtan, una ta gusto madunggan sa mga tawo sa lagyong dapit, adto ta una nga madunggan sa atong silingan.

[arnolfu]

I don't have any problem with that. A lot of nationalities don't speak any word of English so why pick on our brothers/sisters if they speak "carabao" or perfect english? It's a free country. You can express yourself in any language you want.

Please, please, please, do not discriminate our marginalized kababayans.

[tackielarla]

...and some (if not all) foreign companies prefer to locate here in the Philippines mainly because of that fact... aside of course our technical capabilites.

[tackielarla]

it would be a good idea. what i hate lang sa uban tawo bisan improper kaayo, english gihapon. because in some places man gud sa Pinas, the people you talk to in english makafeel inferior sila.

...kani nuon i totally agree... sad but true...

[Ms.Beau]

i have a problem with it. it's only english. let's add in chinese, german, french, spanish, korean, japanese, etc.

[Jeffrey]

Being proud of the roots, syempre. I am presently in Manila, i make every effort to speak Cebuano so i can attract attention of any Bisayan or Cebuano nearby, or even Tagalogs. But i speak Taglish here since i am not fluent in Tagalog (and i want to improve my english rather than my tagalog).

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Jeffrey Wong

[duke pikaso]

I don't have any problem with that. A lot of nationalities don't speak any word of English so why pick on our brothers/sisters if they speak "carabao" or perfect english? It's a free country. You can express yourself in any language you want.

Please, please, please, do not discriminate our marginalized kababayans.

bitaw, sakto ni!!

ang korea man gani.. tan awa.. grabe au ka nationalist ang mga tao ngadto and yet, boom kaau ila country!
mas banga pa sila sa english kumpara sa mga pinoy , mao bitaw iskwela sila mag english skuls diri pinas to learn english..

pero the bottom line is, bisan di sila kabalo mu english, maau man ilaha kinabuhi ngadto, in general...
as well as china... france.. ugbpa

[junmar4]

right language/dialect in the right place and in the right time...

if you have viewed a documentary about dialect/language sa youtube, pero naa naghatag ug link ato diri sa istorya you will get my point.
the person said ba, nga nagno man nga if kita bisaya adto sa manila tagalog man but if tagalog ari sa Cebu tagalog man gihapon?
not to discriminate tagalogs ha, much better pa lagi ang foreigner kay maningkamot pa dayon makat-on ug bisaya.