tell me frankly, How did pinoys became so lousy when it comes to speaking English?

Question

I am so appalled by the way college graduate pinoys delivers terrible english in a conversation, and trying hard to sound like Kris Aquino or tries to immitate some moronic personalities who themselves struggles with the language!

I am so engrossed by pinoys who tries to change our mother tongue by fashioning words like "saan ka nag wo work?" or something irritatingly coloquial terms.

are we really that stupid when it comes to term with our own Identity? are we really that stupid that most of us are trying to look and sound like foreign? to the fact that we look terribly awful in hair colors, looks awfully fake in bleached skins and sounds horribly dumb when engaged in english conversations with foreigners! are we not ashamed from these things? is our education standard these bad? To our fellow kababayans, Dignify yourself by refraining from this horrible trend, think of your destiny and preserve your Dignity. STOP immitating and start being natural again. PLEASE maging tutoo ka!

Hey mr. fanat! when you are condoning the multitude who shamelessly flout the ills that makes our existence the laughing stocks of the emerging world economies, these kind of malicious trend is not going to be straightened from our peoples mind, unless ourselves, tries our very best, to help right the wrongs that exists in our very noses. ! am not a graduate' I didn't even step into a gate of high school buildings and yet, you entice me to speak to any of these graduates whom I target from this particular Q/A here in yahoo! and may I suggest you' to take these matter seriously, and before posting any reply, be sure that your english and spelling is correct...

Answer 1

It's because Filipinos allow themselves to. On the other hand, there are those who don't, like yourself.

In all honesty, I am irritated as well. And the media seems to glorify this. The TV programs that we see everday are just appalling.

And those Filipinos that I've met elsewhere, if you hold a conversation in English for 5 mins, you'd definitely know that guy is a genius. Others will excuse themselves meekly.

Answer 2

If you're you're really Filipino, as you seem to be, then you should know that English is not our native tongue. Though it is true that Filipinos can generally communicate in English, you can't expect them speak the language the way Americans do, or the way you want them to.

Maybe the college graduates you refer to may not have received the same standard of education as you did, or does not have the same social standing as you do. It's not fare to judge Filipnos in general with how they speak English, especially if you're comparing us with foreigners or with how fluent you think you are. Try speaking to graduates of UA&P, Ateneo, DLSU, etc. Maybe from them you can hear the kind of English communication you expect from Filipinos - then again, we are but just a small fraction of Philippine society.

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Answer 3

All the pinoys I've run into seemed to speak English a lot better than I speak Tagalog.... So I'm willing to cut them some slack.

Answer 4

How did you find the heart to be so incredibly audacious as to criticize the English of anyone? Your grammar and writing style are so poor I would not consider you an expert in this or any language language.

Answer 5

I guess it is at the time when people started laughing at those who tries to practice. And it got worse when people started imitating and tries to speak in Filipino valley. hahaha!