A fact that Filipinos gloss over is that when English was introduced as a result of American occupation of the country in 1898, there was rapid acceptance of the language. Thus after two decades of American sovereignty, about 800-900 thousand Filipinos (out of 10 million) were functional in the language and this proportion increased.
English, true multilinguals and please flush the toilet!
January 11, 2009 By 75 Comments
It also amazes me that like the reinstitution of capital punishment, the Philippine Congress (and the rest of elite Pinoy society) can’t settle the language issue. The Philippine Daily Inquirer takes essentially the same position as leading our own language and academics do. The language gurus in the UN and our colleges of education have long known that [...]
Take up the 30-word challenge!
July 24, 2008 By 28 Comments
In yet another Tagalog vs English “debate” this time on Peyups.com, I — tounge-in-cheek — proposed a kind of a test on the efficiency by which Tagalog can articulate complex concepts by issuing a challenge to translate the following text into Tagalog: Just because molecular irregularities cause a ballbearing’s radius to vary by nanometers along [...]
The Never Ending Battle… for Language
May 16, 2008 By 77 Comments
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