I Don’t Want My Children to Grow Up as “Coconuts”!

[wren]

Paco has a son, Heaven...

naku, bugbug sarado yan sa school.

[Flagg]

Ay sus, she's right to go try hacking.

[Renelmac]

naalala ko tuloy dun sa HArry and Kumar ..Sa chinese naman tawag nila Twinkie, Yellow on the outside, white on the inside. But dito they used it not because he couldn't speak chinese but because he was implying that "white people/ideas were better ideas/people" I believe na hindi lang linguahe ang basehan, kundi total person talaga

[wren]

naalala ko tuloy dun sa HArry and Kumar ..Sa chinese naman tawag nila Twinkie, Yellow on the outside, white on the inside. But dito they used it not because he couldn't speak chinese but because he was implying that "white people/ideas were better ideas/people" I believe na hindi lang linguahe ang basehan, kundi total person talaga

so instead of coconuts, dapat pala tawag nila "hohos".

[city]

if pinoys who grew up in the states have no plans of going back to the phils and making it here then it's fine..but who knows di ba....it might be a good thing to know the language.

but looking down on pinoys who can't speak the language is another story.

[Jun aka Pekto]

if pinoys who grew up in the states have no plans of going back to the phils and making it here then it's fine..but who knows di ba....it might be a good thing to know the language.

but looking down on pinoys who can't speak the language is another story.

Well, there's always room for improvement on both sides. People just have to realize that there are those who aren't cut out to learn another language. The old timers here have to realize that new arrivals may be experiencing culture shock and need something familiar to associate with.

After everything's been said and done, I still think most Pinoys get along just fine as a whole, esp here in Arizona.

[city]

Well, there's always room for improvement on both sides. People just have to realize that there are those who aren't cut out to learn another language. The old timers here have to realize that new arrivals may be experiencing culture shock and need something familiar to associate with.

After everything's been said and done, I still think most Pinoys get along just fine as a whole, esp here in Arizona.

agree. hey dude, where in arizona? i got a friend who lives in chadler and works for intel. i've been there thrice already...not too many pinoys in the area.

[Jun aka Pekto]

agree. hey dude, where in arizona? i got a friend who lives in chadler and works for intel. i've been there thrice already...not too many pinoys in the area.

We're right at the edge of Tucson. You do realize where there's a military base, you're bound to find many Pinoys. Here, it's no exception. Plus, we have many Pinoys moving in from CA. There are many Pinoys in Phoenix and Tucson. They're spread out, though.

[imprezawrxsti]

Oh boy , here we go again

[GasJunkie]

banana banana banana

[empy]

live and let live Paco. no one appointed you the judge, jury and guardian of filipino culture. if you think it's important your family honor the pinoy ways and language, then go do that. but don't tell others how they should live their life.

i'm not sure if he'd call me a coconut, but i grew up in the US not speaking a word of tagalog. but in my opinion my parents were some of the biggest patriots - they were very active in the Boston community doing what they could to raise awareness about the Marcos regime (they actually met Cory and Ninoy a few times), and forsaking good careers in America to get US educations and be part of a 'reverse brain drain' in migrating back to the philippines.

it's funny because kids grow up wanting to fit in, and most immigrant pinoy kids refuse to speak tagalog anymore because they want to be as American as the kids who grew up here. for me, i migrated to the philippines and tried desperately to learn tagalog so i too could fit in.

what's my point? i'm not sure maybe only that kids should be given the freedom to choose their own way, and most of them (me included) will grow up with a healthy respect and interest in their heritage.

[Jun aka Pekto]

i migrated to the philippines and tried desperately to learn tagalog so i too could fit in.

what's my point? i'm not sure maybe only that kids should be given the freedom to choose their own way, and most of them (me included) will grow up with a healthy respect and interest in their heritage.

I was the same way. I wanted so badly to fit in when we first arrived in the Philippines. But, the first year was rough.

I am proud to say that after 4 fisticuffs plus one smart-a** jacka** whose teeth I wanted to break, and being kicked out of St Andrews School because of said fisticuffs..... I did learn to speak Tagalog and made lifelong friends there in the Philippines. After that tumultuous first year, the best years of my life finally started.

The Philippines is always with me, both the good and the bad. My life in the Philippines was very very colorful and worth remembering. There was hardly a day of boredom.

[Flagg]

i'm not sure if he'd call me a coconut, but i grew up in the US not speaking a word of tagalog.

Sir M54, I can attest that you can and that word is... "Menyek."

[dx8976]

"A different language is a different vision of life."

-Federico Fellini

[FrankDrebin]

How about those who immigrated 2-3 years ago and forgot to speak Tagalog?

[GasJunkie]

How about those who immigrated 2-3 years ago and forgot to speak Tagalog?

They didn't forget they are in denial.

[empy]

How about those who immigrated 2-3 years ago and forgot to speak Tagalog?

kilala ko yang mga yan they all live in Orange County

[silverbx986]

How about those who immigrated 2-3 years ago and forgot to speak Tagalog?

pag nakaka-meet ako ng mga ganyan, sinasadya kong tapakan
mga paa nila...para sumigaw ng aray.

[wren]

pag nakaka-meet ako ng mga ganyan, sinasadya kong tapakan
mga paa nila...para sumigaw ng aray.

:lol:

ma-try ko nga yan minsan.

[the_wildthing]

How about those who immigrated 2-3 years ago and forgot to speak Tagalog?

Buti na lang wala pa akong nami-meet na ganyan. Pag may nakakausap ako at sa tingin ko Pilipino, tinatanong ko agad, tapos tatagalugin ko na...