Why do you people write in English and ... ??

**ppcsurfr** · August 14th, 2011 07:44 AM

Aside from all the replies above, another reason is that we normally use the local language to put emphasis on a thought, a statement, an idiomatic expression, or even cussing. Sometimes, using our local language seems to allow us to emphasize more on the thought because of how we use that particular statement. Also, more often than not, there is no equivalent for some Filipino sayings just like there are English idiomatic expressions and sayings that do not have a Filipino/Tagalog equivalent.

**JackFlash** · August 18th, 2011 06:11 PM

*DZ621, now that you've learned about Filipino English, more commonly known as "Taglish," would you mind my asking about Australian English?

Why do you people say "The rhine in Spine..." when it's written as "The rain in Spain..."? And why do you people drop the R from words that end in R and add the R in words that end in a vowel? For example, "An extravaganzer at the theatah..." or "The match between Chiner and Singapoh..."?

**chua_riwap** · August 18th, 2011 06:29 PM

i once have an aussie manager, and heard him say....."are you ready to die?"
i was stunned.

yun pala...."are you ready today?"

**jansky** · August 20th, 2011 08:15 PM

BUT sOMeTyMz,~ wE FiLIPin0Z~ SPEAK tHIZ Wy P0wH.~ DO U UndERSTanD wt iM XaIing, n0h?

English but Jejemon .. Ironic heheheheh

**CVT** · August 22nd, 2011 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by chua_riwap

i once have an aussie manager, and heard him say....."are you ready to die?"
i was stunned.

yun pala...."are you ready today?"

As the Brits would tell them,- "You don't speak English,- you speak Australian...."

13.9K:mop:

**JackFlash** · August 22nd, 2011 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by CVT

As the Brits would tell them,- "You don't speak English,- you speak Australian...."

13.9K:mop:

Those must be the Brits who've never heard their own countrymen who speak with Cockney accents.

Another joke. Note: It's better to say this out loud than just read it silently...

An American and Australian who happen to be friends bump into each other in a hospital. The American jokingly asks his Aussie friend, "Did you come here to die?"

The Aussie replies, "No, I came here yester-die."