Comments on: A Portrait of Blogger As Filipino

By: andywarhol

andywarhol — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:07:31 +0000

The Oscars syndrome*. Your article is about the “greatness” of Filipino bloggers written by a Filipino blogger. Seems like a conflict of interest.
Your argument = crap.
Cell phone craze: “therefore we’re years ahead of the west in terms of technology”? “Filipinos always want a new phone and computer every month”. Where do you live? Maybe you’re talking about your peers? The top 10% of the population in terms of wealth? Based on the World Bank’s statistics, there’s only 53.9 Filipinos per 1000 internet users. Computers? Go outside your prison (your room). Go to the provinces. Go see the real Filipinos working under the sun. Why do you think an MIT grad designed a $100 hand crank laptop. Is that for the west?
Good Compensation: you made a good compensation declaration based on a “quick chat”
Argument against your good written command of english. I’m a Filipino and check my bloody writing.
*the Oscars as you know is an award giving body/system created/decided by actors for actors.

By: A Bugged Life [ the pseudo personal blog about blogging, technology and stuff ] » Blog Archive » Bad Grammar Comment Points Back to (Hidden) Filipino?

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:03:20 +0000

[...] the?! indeed! This makes me reflect back to an old post as to why Filipinos would make good bloggers. And there was a lot of pride in my words when I did mention that we have a good command of English [...]

By: markku

markku — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:14:11 +0000

There’s a fine line between the good english generation and the younger txtspeak group. The overlap doesn’t help either, young girls dating mid/late-20s guys are spreading txtspeak like wildfire. Hehehe.

By: Miguel Paraz /Migs :: Pinoy Blogging and English Proficiency

Miguel Paraz /Migs :: Pinoy Blogging and English Proficiency — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 05:19:32 +0000

[...] But is our English good enough? This is asked in the portrait of Blogger as Filipino, Jayvee’s survey of the Pinoy Blogger’s world success. I think yes because: [...]

By: Jayvee

Jayvee — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 02:53:44 +0000

maybe it is a generation thing?

By: Elber

Elber — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 01:05:40 +0000

Something nags me about the first point. I guess I’m going to have to back up vonjobi on this one – I have my doubts on “strict compliance” too. Yes, many of us still have a better command of the English language than most Americans, but our numbers seem to be dwindling.

IMNSHO, your second point has something to do with it. SMS shorthand, along with the use of Taglish in news programs and other media, is making many Filipinos “unlearn” the rules of grammar. Heck, in some cases, they never even learn proper English – they just go straight to the garbled, SMS-inspired, tglsh.

stl thnk flpnos hv a gd cmnd f englsh?

By: Miguel

Miguel — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 14:18:50 +0000

Yes, I unfortunately agree. But we still thrive despite it.

By: vonjobi

vonjobi — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:25:30 +0000

“…there has been, for some reason, a strict compliance to good grammar and language.”

i have my doubts about “strict compliance” =)

By: Pinoy Problogger - » Are Pinoys taking over the Blogosphere?

Pinoy Problogger - » Are Pinoys taking over the Blogosphere? — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:23:09 +0000

[...] So, Why are Pinoys getting this much buzz in the blogosphere? Jayvee has some ideas: Good Command of Written and Spoken English, Affinity to Technology, and Good Compensation. [...]