(I know im typing in English...hehe) but I've noticed that when i browse our "filipino" sites, that majority of them are typed in english. I think it's sort of a shame that we rather choose english over our native tongue.
even with filipino singers. on their new cd's only two out of twelve tracks would be in tagalog, the rest in ENGLISH. i think we are really losing a great culture.
it's also prevelant on t.v.
2006-12-10 13:33:20 · 6 answers · asked by Jun Li 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
English is a perfect example of a lingua franca---a language widely used beyond the population of its native speakers. The de facto status of lingua franca is usually "awarded" by the masses to the language of the most influential nation(s) of the time. Any given language normally becomes a lingua franca primarily by being used for international commerce, but can be accepted in other cultural exchanges, especially diplomacy.
The fact that the Internet has no boundaries and as such is open to any one on any part of the world with access to a computer and a modem makes it imperative for Filipino website owners to get their message across to a wider audience using this almost universal language. I mean, why settle for the small, fragmented Philippine market when there's a big world out there to conquer and/or cater to?
I don't think we are necessarily losing our cultural identity (whatever that is in this day and age) just because we employ a foreign language to communicate with the outside world. Jose Rizal, Nick Joaquin, Manuel L. Quezon and other nationalists were adept speakers of foreign languages, but did it make them any less patriotic or Filipino?
And with the sorry state of English education in the Philippines as it is, I feel that your fear is entirely misguided. Besides, do you think all the Cebuanos are happy with the prevalence of Tagalog in national TV and other media? English is at least neutral and universal.
Pare, marami pang bigas na kakainin ang mga Pinoy bago maging magaling sa paggamit ng wikang Inggles.
12 Dec 2006, 11:12pm, Philippines
2006-12-12 02:05:31 · answer #1 · answered by Alien Life Form 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well...I have Filipino friends and when they get together, they are talking in their native language, Tagalog...they sometimes get into that full swing out of habit - so I don't think you are losing a great culture at all. I think the singers do some in English for marketing reasons - money!! It's all about the dollar when you are in the public eye, right? So they want exposure to other places, which is good. Look how the Latino music has mainstreamed into hip hop; and reggae - it's great!
2006-12-10 13:38:23 · answer #2 · answered by terryoulboub 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In N Z you possibly have some expressions which at the instant are not heard someplace else, not even in Australia. i'm southern English, yet became into in oz..for 3 years interior the early Nineteen Seventies. Visited N Z around Auckland for some hours on the way domicile from oz..by using sea. yet then, what's "English" English or British English? as far as i'm in contact the North (of britain) is yet another u . s . for language!
2016-10-18 02:18:05 · answer #3 · answered by goodgion 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English is world language
Viet Nam uses English on Yahoo
2006-12-11 14:15:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it's important language in the world
2006-12-10 13:35:26 · answer #5 · answered by beauty mirna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, english speaking people are the ones who make bands rich....that is the reason.
2006-12-10 13:36:13 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋