Do You Spokening English?

[66bunny]

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]

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 ..

[ajb0613]

....ako naman, nag-eenglis lang kapag lasing na ako. Ewan ko ba? Ang sarap mag-ingles kapag lasing. Hehehehe

One afternoon at Cheers, Cliff Clavin was explaining the Buffalo Theory
to his buddy Norm. Here's how it went:


"Well ya see, Norm, it's like this...

A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo.

And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones

at the back that are killed first. This natural

selection is good for the herd

as a whole, because the general speed and

health of the whole group

keeps improving by the regular killing of the

weakest members.

In much the same way, the human brain can

only operate as fast as the

slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of

alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells.

But naturally, it attacks the slowest and

weakest brain cells first.

In this way, regular consumption of beer

eliminates the weaker brain cells,

making the brain a faster and more efficient

machine.

That's why you always feel smarter after a

few beers."

[voltes_V]

Sometimes I have to think first and translate in my mind of what Im about to say before speaking in english, but the good thing about canadians is that they dont seem to mind if you do make mistakes and get tougue-tied once in a while.

[MJs]

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.

[Tsuperman]

That's why you always feel smarter after a

few beers."

Patay tayo diyan

[EL Chicane]

Ang usong English ngayon eh yung English ni Master Yoda.

[geebunny]

A Sign in an Upholstery Shop: "We make Auto Set Covers".

In a nearby restaurant, it advertised: "We serve Seat Menu".

[karlbo]

MGA SABLAY HIRIT...

"Well well well. Look do we have here!"
"Let's give them a big hand of applause."
"The more the manyer."
"It's a no-win-win situation."
"Burn the bridge when you get there."
"Anulled and void."
"Mute and academic."
"C'mon let's join us!"
"If worse comes to shove."
"Are you joking my leg?"
"It's not my problem anymore, it's your problem
anymore."
"What are friends are for?"
"You can never can tell."
"Been there, been that."
"Forget it about it."
"Give him the benefit of the daw."
"It's a blessing in the sky."
"Right there and right then."
"Where'd you came from?"
"Take things first at a time."
"You're barking at the wrong dog."
"You want to have your cake and bake it too."
"First and for all."
"Now and there."
"I'm only human nature."
"The sky's the langit."
"That's what I'm talking about it."
"One of these days is not like the other."
"So far, so good, so far."
"Time is of the elements."
"In the wink of an eye."
"The feeling is actual."
"For all intense and purposes."
"I ran into some errands."
"Hi. I'm , what's yours?"
"What is the world is coming to?"
"What is the next that is?"
"Get the most of both worlds."
"Bahala na sila sa mga batman nila."
"Whatever you say so."
"Base-to-base casis."
"My answers have been prayered."
"Please me alone!"
'It's as brand as new."
"So... what's a beautiful girl like you?...."
"I can't take it anymore of this!"
"Are you sure ka na ba?"
"Can't you just cut me some slacks?"

ETO PA....
1. I couldn't care a damn!
2. What's your next class before this?(ANO
DAW???!!!)
3. Nothing in this world is perfect except the
word "change"
4. Can you repeat that for the second time
around once more from the top?(ulitin natin
hanggang mamatay tayo!)
5. My dad brought home a lot of hand-me-downs!
(Translation: Daming pasalubong ng tatay ko.)
6. Standard and Chartered Bank
7. I'm very iterated!!! (transalation: galit
sya! haha!)
8. I'm sorry, my boss just passed away.
(translation: kakadaan lang ng boss nya.)
9. Hello, my boss is out of town. Would you
like to wait?
10. What happened after the erection of Mayon
Volcano?
11. Don't touch me not!
12. Hello?... For a while, please hang
yourself...
13. Its spilled milk under the bridge.
14. Don't change anything! Keep it at ease.
15. Hello McDo? Mag-i-inquire lang ako kung
magkano ang kidney meal? (yung pang-batang
pagkain)
16. You!!! You're not a boy anymore! You're a
man anymore! (coach?! coach?!)
17. Out of fit ako these days eh...
(translation: di sya nakakapag-exercise)
18. Come, lets join us!
19. Bring down the house down!
20. I'm the world champion of the World!!!
21. Beneath the Belt!
22. Rule of Hand... (thumb yata ibig sabihin...)
23. Can you repeat it once again?
24. Mukhang haggard-looking.
25. Do you have more brighter ideas?
26. Halatang obvious naman yata.

[chain]

i remember what my english teacher used to say:

if you're speaking in English, think in English.

Kung magsasalita ka ng tagalog, mag-isip ka sa tagalog. this way, the processes involved are lessened. you don't translate on the fly..