Speaking English!

[jade_arb 3]

Ohhh, you were trying to be funny, you should try harder !!

Edited March 27, 2009 by jade_arb

[*Robert* 2]

I don't think you can compare people in PI speaking English compared to the people in Mexico.

First off, Spanish is a very widely used language throughout South and Central America, along with the Caribbean and Spain.

The Philippines has multiple dialects throughout the islands, which makes communication more difficult. Tagalog is not the only language spoken in PI. English was chosen by the government as the "Unofficial" language, and they teach English in their schools.

If all of the Philippines spoke Spanish, it might be a different situation.

[SuperDuper! 230]

Given the 500 yrs of Spanish rule, I do find it interesting the lack of Spanish speaking in the Phils. In my 2 trips there so far, I have never overheard people speaking Spanish. This must reflect to some degree, the major influence and cultural introjection of the US into the Phils that was accomplished in a mere 50 years of colonialism. Perhaps no where else is the US influence felt stronger than in Angeles City, home of Clark Air Base. ps, itz never called speaking mexican. Cheers.

[*Robert* 2]

Given the 500 yrs of Spanish rule, I do find it interesting the lack of Spanish speaking in the Phils. In my 2 trips there so far, I have never overheard people speaking Spanish. This must reflect to some degree, the major influence and cultural introjection of the US into the Phils that was accomplished in a mere 50 years of colonialism. Perhaps no where else is the US influence felt stronger than in Angeles City, home of Clark Air Base. ps, itz never called speaking mexican. Cheers.

There are many words used in Tagalog that have the same meaning in Spanish, and they typcially count in Spanish rather than Tagalog. Using English made them more global, rather than adopting Spanish.

Don't forget Subic Bay as the home of other former bases; Naval Station Subic Bay and NAS Cubi Point.

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

PI was a US Colony until after WW 2.

U.S. granted them independence

Business is conducted in English in PI, Most everthing in PI is in English.

Yeah it is amazing that not all the world speaks English, my question to you is, since you lived in both Mexico and the Ph, do you speak Spanish and Filipino?

Do you speak Mexican ?

either your humor is bad or your IQ is low

[Ban Hammer 13,332]

PI was a US Colony until after WW 2.

U.S. granted them independence

Business is conducted in English in PI, Most everthing in PI is in English.

Yeah it is amazing that not all the world speaks English, my question to you is, since you lived in both Mexico and the Ph, do you speak Spanish and Filipino?

Do you speak Mexican ?

either your humor is bad or your IQ is low

3rd choice:

he's being sarcastic and you missed it.

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

Yes, Small towns in PI teach English.

Here is your Lesson:

Mexican is the same language as Filipino

Get it ? Got It? Good

Next time try to read the post before making an comment,

Now go sit in the corner................

I'm sorry but wikipedia respectfully disagrees with you

Mexico's official language is stated as SPANISH,

Whereas the Philippines' is stated as follows,

"Official languages Filipino, English^[2] Recognised regional languages Bikol, Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Tagalog, and Waray-Waray^[3]"

therefore FILIPINO is recognized as an official language,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipines

I say the same to you,

"Next time try to read the post before making an comment"

Edited March 27, 2009 by TävôLuDô

[Nelly228 0]

Strange as I've lived in Mexico and also the Philippines and it seems like more people in the Philippines speak English and speak it well compared to Mexico.

You'd think it would be opposite do to the countries locations. It may be something to do with the US having occupied PI for awhile.

Anyone know different?

Because English is our second language and tagalog/filipino is our national language. as far as i know, their is nothing to do with the US occupied PI before. For us, to communicate well with foriegn people, we are required to study english in school. Spain also occupied PI most of our dialect have a combination of spanish.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Schools in Mexico don't have English subject while in PI Most of the people can speak the language even if sometimes it's crooked because it's being taught in schools from kindergarten up to college.

what the ** are you on????

Mexico's public schools have english as a compulsory subject; and so do private schools.

[Nelly228 0]

Schools in Mexico teach English Subject, but just High Schools and Universities.... In comparison with schools in Philippines that teach English since elementary(according to fendergirl)

Only Mexicans that live in the border states, and cities that are frequently visited by foreigns tourists speak English. I wonder if even in smalls towns in Philippines people speak English.

I did not know "Mexican" was a language, maybe you should give us some lessons tallcoolone.

in any location small town/city in PI, those who did not finish elementary for financial reasons can not speaks english fluently but they can undertand well. But for those who finish high school til college im sure they can communicate well.

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

Schools in Mexico teach English Subject, but just High Schools and Universities.... In comparison with schools in Philippines that teach English since elementary(according to fendergirl)

Only Mexicans that live in the border states, and cities that are frequently visited by foreigns tourists speak English. I wonder if even in smalls towns in Philippines people speak English.

I did not know "Mexican" was a language, maybe you should give us some lessons tallcoolone.

in any location small town/city in PI, those who did not finish elementary for financial reasons can not speaks english fluently but they can undertand well. But for those who finish high school til college im sure they can communicate well.

Your responses are polite and non-biased

I truly appreciate your honesty I'm learning more about the Philippines, at least you are not "guessing" like some other posters.

[Nelly228 0]

Schools in Mexico teach English Subject, but just High Schools and Universities.... In comparison with schools in Philippines that teach English since elementary(according to fendergirl)

Only Mexicans that live in the border states, and cities that are frequently visited by foreigns tourists speak English. I wonder if even in smalls towns in Philippines people speak English.

I did not know "Mexican" was a language, maybe you should give us some lessons tallcoolone.

in any location small town/city in PI, those who did not finish elementary for financial reasons can not speaks english fluently but they can undertand well. But for those who finish high school til college im sure they can communicate well.

Your responses are polite and non-biased

I truly appreciate your honesty I'm learning more about the Philippines, at least you are not "guessing" like some other posters.

thanks.

[JSVP08 3]

Schools in Mexico teach English Subject, but just High Schools and Universities.... In comparison with schools in Philippines that teach English since elementary(according to fendergirl)

Only Mexicans that live in the border states, and cities that are frequently visited by foreigns tourists speak English. I wonder if even in smalls towns in Philippines people speak English.

I did not know "Mexican" was a language, maybe you should give us some lessons tallcoolone.

i must say even small town (as small as mine -google "Batanes Is" 15,000 more or less population, indeed such a small province in the northern most tip of PI) like mine do speak and understand english. I had my kinder up to completing my secondary -english being taught from nursery up to ....when i moved in the city for university degree. Its also true about imposing a fee/fine for not-speaking english in school campuses. (elem & high school years..whew! its been 2 decades )...these probably helped in developing and learning english in PI. Kinda mandatory at some stage in our life (at least to me) and uptodate- i have my nieces and nephew wherein "home" is an english zone" and they pretty much got hitched with the rules and doing so well in and out of home.

[웃 910]

Schools in Mexico don't have English subject while in PI Most of the people can speak the language even if sometimes it's crooked because it's being taught in schools from kindergarten up to college.

what the ** are you on????

Mexico's public schools have english as a compulsory subject; and so do private schools.

My wife's aunt is an English school teacher. She can barely speak English. She talked so slow and every time she tried to tell me a word from Spanish to English she was wrong. For example, one time she showed me a package of tortillas and then looked at me and replied, "In English these are called Mexican omelette's." It would take her about 20 seconds to say one sentence. At the time, my Spanish was bare minimum but I still couldn't speak to her in English. Her family is from Acapulco. I also noticed that her cousin would confuse the Spanish "B" and "V" all the time and not know where to put accent marks. He was a junior in high school. In Acapulco they don't differentiate between a 'B' and 'V'. For instance, they would pronounce "Villain" as "Billain". I remember him writing "Labar" for 'to wash' instead of the correct spelling, "Lavar".

Edited March 28, 2009 by Confucian

[pedroh 21]

well.. to start with confucian, even though you're right, B and V is a difficult challenge for some spanish speakers while talking english, is not a rule in spanish.. B and V sounds are arbitrarily pronounced in spanish.. some countries do the diff, some don't.. none of them is wrong...

unfortunately public schools in Mexico are not very well funded, and anyone who knows someone a little important, can become a 'teacher'... but private schools and colleges do offer a good english program.. maybe is not as popular in Philippines, since I'm sure it's more used because of the American occupation..

and.. peoplez, is not Mexican.. I know Mexican spanish has a very different slang compared to other countries, but others do as well, so if we speak mexican, venuzuelans speak venezuelan, argentinians speak argentine, and only spaniards speak spanish..