Do You Spokening English?

**Yoda** · May 2nd, 2005 03:28 AM

Naiinis ako sa mga magulang na kumakausap sa mga anak nila ng baluktot na Ingles. Syempre, baluktot din ang kakalabasan nung mga anak. Not to brag or anything, but I wasn't raised like that, and here I am speaking/writing better English than most of my peers!

SMS-speak, in my opinion, is poison. I receive lots of messages where I have to reply back just to clarify what the sender actually meant. Ironic, considering that SMS shortcuts were supposed to save us a few bucks. I'm not totally ignorant of the shortcuts either, some people are just overdoing it. Nasasanay tuloy.

Sadly, it's true. English literacy in the Philippines is going down. One thing I can say though, the solution is not to make kausap to our kids in Engleesh.

**MJs** · May 30th, 2005 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by Yoda

Naiinis ako sa mga magulang na kumakausap sa mga anak nila ng baluktot na Ingles. Syempre, baluktot din ang kakalabasan nung mga anak. Not to brag or anything, but I wasn't raised like that, and here I am speaking/writing better English than most of my peers!

SMS-speak, in my opinion, is poison. I receive lots of messages where I have to reply back just to clarify what the sender actually meant. Ironic, considering that SMS shortcuts were supposed to save us a few bucks. I'm not totally ignorant of the shortcuts either, some people are just overdoing it. Nasasanay tuloy.

Sadly, it's true. English literacy in the Philippines is going down. One thing I can say though, the solution is not to make kausap to our kids in Engleesh.

hayaan mo na lang. anak naman nila yung ini-ingles nila. wala ka ng pakialam dun. hayaan mo na lang yung anak ang mag-correct sa magulang nila.

yung sa sms, hayaan mo na rin dahil wala ka na rin magagawa para matuwid pa ang shortcuts. tanggapin mo na lang as it is. kung di mo matanggap, wag ka mag-reply.

peace.

**Yoda** · May 31st, 2005 02:56 AM

Originally Posted by MJs

hayaan mo na lang. anak naman nila yung ini-ingles nila. wala ka ng pakialam dun. hayaan mo na lang yung anak ang mag-correct sa magulang nila.

yung sa sms, hayaan mo na rin dahil wala ka na rin magagawa para matuwid pa ang shortcuts. tanggapin mo na lang as it is. kung di mo matanggap, wag ka mag-reply.

peace.

Can you appreciate what we're doing here? We're having a discussion, an exchange of opinions, plain and simple. Pa'no naman pumasok ang paki-alaman sa usapan?

**MJs** · May 31st, 2005 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by Yoda

Can you appreciate what we're doing here? We're having a discussion, an exchange of opinions, plain and simple. Pa'no naman pumasok ang paki-alaman sa usapan?

panu pumasok ang paki alaman? e kasi naiinis ka sa mga magulang na nakikipag usap ng baluktot na ingles sa anak nila, eh hindi mo naman anak yun. hindi lahat ng magulang na nakikipag usap ng baluktot na ingles sa anak nila eh magiging ganun na rin ang lahat. meron pa nga dyan nagiging honor sa klase ang anak. wag mo itulad lahat ng upbringing na ginawa sa yo ng magulang mo sa iba. dapat nga mapa ngiti ka na lang dahil walang masama sa pakikipag usap ng ingles na baluktot. ang hindi maganda kung ang itinuturo ng magulang eh mga ingles na f**k, s#!t, at iba pang dis respectful na english words.

peace.

**Yoda** · June 1st, 2005 05:40 PM

Originally Posted by MJs

panu pumasok ang paki alaman? e kasi naiinis ka sa mga magulang na nakikipag usap ng baluktot na ingles sa anak nila, eh hindi mo naman anak yun. hindi lahat ng magulang na nakikipag usap ng baluktot na ingles sa anak nila eh magiging ganun na rin ang lahat. meron pa nga dyan nagiging honor sa klase ang anak. wag mo itulad lahat ng upbringing na ginawa sa yo ng magulang mo sa iba. dapat nga mapa ngiti ka na lang dahil walang masama sa pakikipag usap ng ingles na baluktot. ang hindi maganda kung ang itinuturo ng magulang eh mga ingles na f**k, s#!t, at iba pang dis respectful na english words.

peace.

Kung naiinis ako sa kanila, that's my opinion and I'm entitled to it.

When a child sees a wrong act being committed by an adult, especially his/her parents, the wrong becomes right. Remember the old commercial? Kaya ako naiinis sa mga ganyan. While it's true that these can be corrected, in most cases, they're not. Point is, wag turuan/wag pakitaan ng mali ang mga bata. Idealistic, yes, but I'd choose that over fatalism any day.

**MJs** · June 2nd, 2005 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by Yoda

Kung naiinis ako sa kanila, that's my opinion and I'm entitled to it.

When a child sees a wrong act being committed by an adult, especially his/her parents, the wrong becomes right. Remember the old commercial? Kaya ako naiinis sa mga ganyan. While it's true that these can be corrected, in most cases, they're not. Point is, wag turuan/wag pakitaan ng mali ang mga bata. Idealistic, yes, but I'd choose that over fatalism any day.

hidi naman wrong doing ang pakikipag usap ng baluktot na english sa bata. ang wrong doing eh kung ang english na itinuturo mo eh mga bad words or words that are not polite. point is binibigyan mo sila ng familiarization sa words para pag pasok nila sa school eh matuwid ng wasto ang kamalian. di ba sabi nga there's always a room for improvement. kahit parents ko kinakausap ang anak ko kahit pabaluktot na ingles kasi hanggang dun na lang sila pero ang bata may potential pa once na pumasok sa school.

**66bunny** · June 2nd, 2005 02:19 AM

Originally Posted by Yoda

Naiinis ako sa mga magulang na kumakausap sa mga anak nila ng baluktot na Ingles. Syempre, baluktot din ang kakalabasan nung mga anak. Not to brag or anything, but I wasn't raised like that, and here I am speaking/writing better English than most of my peers!

SMS-speak, in my opinion, is poison. I receive lots of messages where I have to reply back just to clarify what the sender actually meant. Ironic, considering that SMS shortcuts were supposed to save us a few bucks. I'm not totally ignorant of the shortcuts either, some people are just overdoing it. Nasasanay tuloy.

Sadly, it's true. English literacy in the Philippines is going down. One thing I can say though, the solution is not to make kausap to our kids in Engleesh.

I agree! Daming parents na ganyan. Same with SMS-speak, ang sakit sa mata! I don't get the logic of posting in forums SMS style. It's annoying and hard to read, plus kids are thinking it's alright to post or even write a whole email of SMS!

I remember my ROTC officers, the real AFP officers, nakakaawa at nakakatawa sila. For example:

"Yu der!" Yes? Me Sir?
"Yes yu!" Ok. What about me?
"Way ar yu lapping der?" At this point, napatawa na ako.
"Sanobagan! Geddemit! Yu push ap der! Naw!"

Anything Kris Aquino style language is a good gas too. She's entertaining!

**mrpink** · June 2nd, 2005 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by 66bunny

I don't get the logic of posting in forums SMS style. It's annoying and hard to read, plus kids are thinking it's alright to post or even write a whole email of SMS!

well .. i post sms style if i'm accesses mail through my cell phone ..