Taglish

We see our celebrities exercise this, like it is something to emulate - The more english words inserted in their Filipino frame of thought the smarter they think they look - Think being the operative word.

We've seen poverty raised nouveau riche's struggling to fit in to their new found opulence - abandoning completely what may have been their only motivation - Poverty - until they are completely recluse of its clasp - that is, until everyone pretends to forget.

Experience is rich - however empty stomached it is - I know you're thinking of that same hunka actor.

It is one major drama of our culture to rise out of this mud and get our tush wiped clean, polished to shine - reveal what is just who we are - regal
We have been conditioned to feel second rate - by our perpetrators who's only aim is to make you believe we are less than.


Before I begin to mumble more words about equality and patriotism I will stop.

Taglish

Mongreled term for Tagalog and english, often associated with people who know better, or better educated than most or think they are.
As much as speaking straight english is most desirable our language does not permit several terms to be entirely understood and therefore claimed for interpretation like 'maarte' hehe of all words that is what I find hardest to translate - I'd usually revise it with regard to context but on lazy days I would succumb to its use.

Anyway - what pains me more than anything is how Taglish has been an excuse for people to alienate or better yet elevate their presumed status - thinking that speaking english makes them look better or smarter - in certain cases that may be true but when you begin to speak inserting english terms like 'ýou know' and 'what not' only effectively contributes to people thinking you are far less than what you are trying to be.

I have never been in any conversation that did not include the use of at least an English word - Sad to say but its the truth - Maybe its the hazard of work - maybe the evolution or regression of our language or maybe because we are sorely trying too hard.

I honestly applaud people who speak Straight Tagalog or Straight English.
I specifically remembered PGMA react on a question by saying 'I don't want to make patol...'sounding more like a brat than an authority figure.

I hate Taglish but live with it everyday like perhaps some helpless BO from a passerby - You just let it pass I guess - Don't get me wrong all love goes for the Filipino Language - But if I hear another 'Wer u na?' - and I'm simply going to flip out.