To all of you Tag-alog-speaking Filipinos in America
I agree with this guy in the picture below:
This is former baseball player John Rocker. He is wearing the SPEAK ENGLISH T-shirt just to let you idiots know that if you come to America, you must be able to speak English. I welcome immigrants alike coming to this country. But if you plan to live in this country you must be able to speak and learn English. Is it that hard? Every Filipino who has been born and raised in the Philippines should know English already! If English is one of the two official language in your homeland aren't you fucking morons supposed to be educated already? I am very sure that any Filipino with a fucking high school diploma should be able to speak English! Is there an excuse for not speaking it? No! So if you are gonna go ahead and post something in this forum POST IT IN FUCKING ENGLISH! And if you insist on posting in Tag-alog then all I read is nothing but BLAH BLAH BLAH. And by the way read John Rocker's website about his Speak English campaign. Whether you like him or not I support his views. SO SPEAK ENGLISH!
posted by Tony @ 9:15 PM
1 Comments:
perhaps when someone posts in tagalog here, it is because they know you are half-filipino. if you say there is no excuse for us filipinos not to speak in english in USA or in commenting your posts, then it is also of no excuse for you not to understand even just a little. please consider your roots. life is complete with a "past, present, and future." there are many koreans in philippines who come to study english. many also stay for long. i am a teacher and i also teach english to koreans. i don't complain when they speak korean to each other. those who have been here for many years also attend "korean language classes" so as not to forget their language and their heritage. consider these:
"ang sinumang hindi lumingon sa pinanggalingan, di makararating sa paroroonan" and "ang di magmahal sa sariling wika, mahigit pa sa mabahong isda." translated, "anyone who does not or cannot look back to his past cannot reach or move on to where he should go" and "the one who does not love his own language is worse than a rotting fish."
so these filipinos who speak tagalog or whatever their dialect is in USA or other countries, they are just wise enough to follow these sayings. i know that you already have english as your native tongue but i hope that you would respect those who keep filipino as their native tongue.
by the way, "filipina" may not be in the "english" dictionary but you should recognize that language evolves and many english words originate from other languages. "tao" and "bundock" used to be not english words, too.
real freedom of speech also allows people to speak whatever language they choose to speak wherever and whenever. however, of course, in matters of ethics, respect, and courtesy, we should speak whatever is appropriate and generally used and acceptable.
again, God bless you.
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