Comments on: A Gibberish Language Month

By: philippine seo

philippine seo — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:33:52 +0000

In choosing what language to use is more political than historical as I see it.

By: Emmanuel Levinas

Emmanuel Levinas — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:16:20 +0000

pls. give me the deconstructed works of rizal send it to midelianus@yahoo.com

By: Pepe Alas

Pepe Alas — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 06:02:24 +0000

“jeez ur bloody rude!”

Ann, be it known to you that Pepe Alas is not rude at all… HE IS EVIL! =)

By: Pepe Alas

Pepe Alas — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:45:09 +0000

Mr. Laxamana: I agree, Philippine history is almost always written with a Tagalog-supremacy perspective. I’m a Tagalog myself, but I believe such a stance is not right.

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Mr. Fernández: I don’t care if it’s even called Komisyon sa Pagpapa-cute ng Wikang Pinoy. You should know by now that I don’t respect a language-maiming institution one bit. And why should I explain what’s unclear and problematic to you? This article is about the National Language Month. I’m not writing a book, y’know.

No, Rizal didn’t study Tagalog poetry. He never learned it from his mom. What was taught to him was Spanish poetry. If, just in case, he was ever taught Tagalog poetry (which I highly doubt) he never took any interest in it. His body of work is evidence alone, old man.

And don’t worry, old man, I’m very much aware that he studied Latin in the Ateneo and that he was sent to Biñán to study at age nine. I think even non-historians knows that. I don’t know why you have to remind me of that. And I was already aware that he wrote letters in Tagalog since I was in high school. I even have copies of it, old timer.

And what’s with the “Oops”? Man, I didn’t know that you’re a Britney Spears fan. But leave that fact to yourself, OK?

Have a nice day. And don’t get acido, old timer.

By: ann

ann — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:25:01 +0000

jeez ur bloody rude! even if ur content is right, ur delivery is way off.

By: Vincent Isles

Vincent Isles — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:34:04 +0000

Never mind the distractors above What you’ve written is a pretty summary of the sh*t we’ve gotten into. I’ve brought Mr. Laxamana and Mr. Fernandez to this web site (and I missed the comment form the first time); here’s the original message I posted in our little forum regarding this article of yours:

Take a look at
. This
is by far the best, no-nonsense, realistic assessment of the problem
we are facing. Some excerpts:

1. “[T]his ludicrous statement that Filipino is the national language
is just that — simply ludicrous.”

2. “The Komisyon sa Wikang Pambansa (National Language Commission)
recently declared that this month’s theme is Ang Buwan ng Wikang
Pambansa ay Buwan ng mga Wika sa Pilipinas — the language month is the
month of all Philippine languages. With this theme, it seems that the
Komisyon is putting more gasoline into the fire.”

And the best part (although I disagree with the second sentence):

“Fortunately, the Filipino studentry do not seem to care about the
Komisyon’s stupid theme; they’re more concerned over Paris Hilton, The
Pussycat Dolls, Korean soaps, Tribal shirts, fruit-flavored condoms,
and the like. At the rate this language crisis is going, I’d rather
have the Filipino youth’s eyes be ensconced in Keanna Reeve’s cleavage
and Christian Vázquez’s six-pack.”

The actual article is long, but it’s a good read.

–Bentong Isles
http://tagalistawatch.wordpress.com/

By: Erwin S. Fernandez

Erwin S. Fernandez — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:12:02 +0000

Correction: its Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino. It’s unclear and problematic to assert that Lope K. Santos murdered the Tagalog language. How he did this is not said. Why and how did the US plot to “destroy the foundation of our language?” Lastly, boy you seem to have not read your Rizal. Although I’ve said in my classes that the poem’s authorship was questionable, your bases for it are not supported by evidence. Rizal studied Tagalog poetry through his mother. One can therefore expect that the poem passed into the hands of Teodora Alonzo. He first studied Latin not at the Ateneo but under a private tutor. In those days, Latin and arithmetic were courses taught particularly suited for those who had priestly calling. The tutor gave up to a someone who was precocious as Rizal and so at the age of seven, he was sent to another tutor and the same thing happened. At age nine, he was sent to Binan. Oops, finally, he wrote letters in Tagalog. By the way, his poem about language can be subverted, reinterpreted to mean not just Tagalog but also the “other” Philippine languages. The fourth stanza stating Tagalog can be replaced with any language and can mean a lot to Ilocanos, Pangasinenses, Bisaya among others if translated to these languages.

By: jason paul laxamana

jason paul laxamana — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:17:30 +0000

yup, i see philippine history today as under Tagalog occupation.

correction though: they’re baybayin (in Tagalog), not alibata (alifbata is arabic). In Kapampangan we call it Kulitan.

By: Pepe Alas

Pepe Alas — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 23:30:27 +0000

Long live.

By: Carlo V

Carlo V — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:57:45 +0000

I may be wrong, but aren’t you just a bit of too sure of yourself? You sound like that newly-elected senator whose gender has been questioned.
Even the disclaimer sounds arrogant as hell. Well, I for one won’t tell you different, if that “style” is what floats your boat. More power, lakay! (Your not from the north, are you? You also remind me of a college classmate, who hailed from that region. He sounded just like you, God bless his soul. Likes to correct everybody, too) Anyway, good luck, Mr. Skirmisher! Way to go!