Archive for November, 2004
Speaking proper English
Updated 11:26pm (Mla time) Nov 28, 2004 Inquirer News Service
Editor’s Note: Published on page A16 of the November 29, 2004 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
ON SECTION B3-1 of the Nov. 15 issue of the Inquirer is an article lamenting the rapid decline of the English-speaking skills in the Philippines. I agree. However, it must be pointed out that Americans do not necessarily mean prope
English when they want Filipinos to speak English better. They mean American English. If Rocky Peltzman is quoted properly, evidence of this is obvious. As quoted, Peltzman says that in order [t]o speak good English, you’ve got to think in English.
The above sentence sounds fine to the average American, to whom call center agents will be speaking with on the phone. However, someone speaking proper English would say that to speak English well, you’ve got to think in English. (Omitting, of course, general rules of formality and excusing the use of a contraction in you’ve.) The subordination of proper English to the whims of American English is a natural effect of common usage, commerce and socio-political trends. This fact, however, should never excuse improper usage by somebody who is criticizing the English-speaking skills of another person, much less an entire nation.
Then again, I’m just picky.
-FREDERICK F. CALOPE via email
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This letter was published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer yesterday. The English communication skills of students nowadays have declined dramatically. There are a lot of reasons why this happens today. Some are:
- Unconciously accepting Taglish as a new language.
- D GenTxT Fnmen0n – Many of us doesn’t know how to spell English words correctly
- Ineffective English curiculum.
My college professor once told me, Taglish is a bastardized form of English and Filipino. If you want to talk in English, begin your sentence in English, and end it in English.
Simulang mo ang iyong pangungusap sa Filipino at tapusin mo ito sa Filipino.
Gets mo? Ako gets ko!
The Day we find Love
by 991
Isn’t the first time won’t be the last time
Don’t you worry, I don’t mean to make you sad
My tears will soon be overWith your conscience clear for a new life ahead
Don’t be sorry, I really need to hear the truth
The only thing I’m asking, cause I need you to
Remember me as the only one who sets you free
Maybe time alone will make you see
How deep our love could be
No, it’s never to late
Cause I know this isn’t the first time
Won’t be the last time
I surrender my soul cause you’re always
keeping me waiting
Anticipating the day we find love once again
I won’t give up while there’s a glimmer of a chance
A dream that’s never endingInviting love and a perfect romance
A burning passion, oh, baby, you’re my destiny
But the message I’m receiving is you’re through with me
But I’ll be there even though you tell me you don’t care, no,no
How could you forget the times we shared
Don’t throw our love away
You know it’s never too late
Cause I know this isn’t the first time
Won’t be the last time
I surrender my soul cause you’re always keeping me waiting
Anticipating the day we find love once again
Ooh, remember me as the only one who sets you free
Maybe time alone will make you see how deep our love could be
No, it’s never too late, no, no, no, no
Cause I know this isn’t the first time
Won’t be the last time
I surrender my soul cause you’re always keeping me waiting
Anticipating the day we find love once again
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The song above has been one of my favorite love songs. It was released late ’90s by the boyband 911.
I was able to watch a local celebrity talkshow last Saturday. Grabe! Parang circus ang boung show. Anythinh under the sun napapag usapan. Merong kwentong hiwalayan, na hindi na natuloy ang guy sa airport dahil daw may media na naka antay dun. Hayyyyyyyyyyyy naman!
Meron ding kwento ng mga starlet na kung anu-anong kalokohan ang pinagagawa sa kanila ng kanilang manager. At ang walang kamatayang pabati ng Thank you at Happy birthday!
Malapit nang maging classified ads ang mga talkshow sa dami ng pa tenkyu sa mga endorsements!
Sabi nga ni Mahal, lumaki daw ang isyu sa kanya dahil binulutot daw ang kanyang video.. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAy ulit..
cge na.. mag bubulutot din ako!
Hey!
I haven’t touched the button of my idiot box lately. Medyo miss ko na hawakan ang remote control at ilipat sa TV show na gusto ko. These are some of the TV shows that I really missed. These are the TV shows that make me sane, and dream to aim more higher. These are my weekly vitamins. No prescriptions needed, just plug wire.
Learn how to Outwit, Outplay, and Outlast. It’s a game of wit and mental capability
The country’s best documentary show
The country’s premier travel channel. ‘Wag maging dayuhan sa sariling bayan
It’s a race around the world. Beating all the odds and the challenges.
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