Why Filipinos have weird accent?

Question

Why do Filipinos speak with thick R.
I cant understand them easily.

They say BACK as BUCK.
BOXES as BUCK SES.

when they say ARE, it is like saying ARRRRRRRRRE...

where they get this weird accent from?

Answer 1

Indonesians sound funny too, buddy. Ever listen to yourself talking?

Answer 2

Well, I think you should go for some researches. Even basic understanding will help.

English, when spoken in the Philippines, may sound funny to some people but there is a need to understand the history of the Filipino accent in English.

Well, A in the word BACK may not sound like BUCK but that real BACK with the hard A pronounced. ARE may be pronounced with that tough and thick R but read on with my comprehensive explanation.

As you know, a particular language may be spoken in different parts of the world but changes may occur depending on the geographical barriers and other circumstances that affect the acquisition of someone else's language skill. English is just the county's second language but it is not our native language. Most people here are Filipinos so we don't need to copy exactly how words are pronounced in America or other parts of the English-speaking world. Filipinos have great common sense and no matter how a word may be pronounced, the thought of the speaker will always be understood.

Well, our acccent in English is greatly affected by our own language or languages (as you know, there are hundreds of languages 'round here). Tagalog, being the other main language used in school, has alphabets with five vowels, a e i o u. These five fowels don't have other pronunciations not like in the case of American English wherein each vowel can possibly have more than one pronunciation. In our case, since we only have one pronunciation of each vowel, we tend to read the words the way they are spelled.

R would be thick as that is how we do it in our own languages.

wherever you go, English is spoken but the pronunciation would always vary considering that each place has its own language. All languages influence another language when that language is learned. If you go to Korea, Japan and other neighboring countries, their accent in English may be different from your supposed perfect accent too. They may tend to extend syllables and their words may not be clear. Well, the way they speak English is different because they pattern their speaking style to their native language. Latin Americans also have this certain distinct accent when they speak English.

In your case for example, you would tend to pattern your speaking style to American accent or to whatever accent you have if you learn one language. Ain't that strange too if we could hear that?

Answer 3

My friend I think you should stop and think how you phrase a question next time and you won't get so many people off-side.
Every country has its' own peculiar accent when speaking English.
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Australia, America, Canada, India, Philippines, New Zealand (Just To Mention A Few) all speak English with different accents and can be hard to understand.
The Philippines' accent can be compared very closely to that of the U.S. after all it was the Yanks who taught the Filipino's English many years ago.

Answer 4

For the very comparable reason some community American English audio equipment have very "thick" accessory whilst speaking the different language than English. Even a uk English speaker can spot an American speaker after 2 sentences. In some human beings it fairly is worse, some be waiting to do notably a lot in yet another than their community language. Why? loss of prepare, no corrections from others, no longer feeling any "desire" to maximum suitable their pronunciation, some won't even observe their very own accessory and picture they are doing ok, laziness, in spite of. And it fairly is not "prevalent" for Filipinos, you will see it in each team speaking English as a 2d language.

Answer 5

the ones with thick R's are japanese people. filipinos are people that knows and can speak the english language better than other asian countries. we might have accents every now and then but we are good spellers. my white co-worker have to ask me the spelling of her own language most of the time. my fellow asians are surprised that filipinos can speak english better than them. english subject is in our curriculum from first grade til you finish college. like other countries, the philippines have thousands of dialect spoken and it's already a big accomplishment if you can speak and understands english. we can also read in english. beat that.

Answer 6

Maybe you just met those whose strong accent which they have since they were child and it's very difficult to change.
The rest, I am sure can speak fluently and the point is... You understand them.

Thai, Chinese, Japan, Indian, German, Arabian and any other countreis who has strong accent in pronounciation of their native language would affect their English as well...

Or, you try to speak the Tagalog language of the Phillippines...
And you can find the answer by yourself how your accent would be...

Smile.. :-))

Answer 7

If you go to another country then you would be the one with the weird accent. It all depends on where you are, and where your from. I live in Chicago and people from NYC or down in the southern states have accents to me and I have an accent to them.

Answer 8

and you're from where? you're judging all Filipinos having an accent? check out an international call center in the Philippines. none of those operators sound like what you're trying to say.

and maybe, if you were to talk to me, i won't understand you either! you have a weird and funny accent too....

Answer 9

Try to speak Filipino (our national language).. Let's see if you don't have any weird accent!!

Answer 10

Every location has a accent, all are wierd to other distant areas