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Posted in Articles on 07/28/2009 03:17 pm by MonicaI came across a friend’s Facebook wall post and had one of the worst migraines I ever had in my entire life.
English was introduced to Filipinos during the American invasion. It is widely used all over the country, and every Filipino (educated or not) knows a word or two. It was integrated into our system as part of the “protectorate” relationship between the US and the Philippines, and both private and public schools teach the language as well as use it to teach, from fundamentals to poetry.
However, many Filipino families do not use it as their main language, mixing their dialect’s accents and words with English. So we developed Filipino English or what is most commonly known as Tagalog English (Tag-lish), much like the Australian’s “Aussie English”. Most common boo-boo’s Filipinos have include translating words with their literal meaning (refer to photo above for sample), mispronunciation like PIFTY (fifty), CHWEYNTI (twenty) and wrong use of words (I will ramify you; We’ll gonna).
Nonetheless, Filipinos are generally one of the best speakers of the language all over the world — deliberate, clear, and understandable. More importantly, educated speakers lack any kind of accent, which is why the country has become a prime spot for the outsourcing industry. There are over thousands of Filipinos working as call center agents, inbound or outbound, all speaking in English and talking to people from all over the globe.
Source: Filipino English - Say What?
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