The English Language

I remember that time when I emailed something at the yahoogroup, pisay07, about why they are using the group as some sort of a battledome with profane language as their weapon. Well, someone commented on what I said. And, well, he commented on my grammar. I was kind of shocked. I became angry at him but I didn't do anything violent. I admit I am not that good on using this language. I never was.

I was making a speech in front of my classmates that day. I was in the middle of attacking the point I'm trying to contradict when all of them suddenly laughed. I was dumbfounded. I don't know what's happening at all. I continued, though. I tried to be proffesional. After the speech, I was able to find out why. I committed an error in grammar.

Maybe God made me a filipino so that I would have an excuse whenever I would make an error. I could just simply say "I love my own language better and making other languages a priority would be a betrayal to your own country."

So what if I cannot use the universal language properly? So what if I suck in speaking english? So what if I don't know when to use have or had in a sentence? So what? It's not a big deal if the people from other countries would not be able to read what I write in my blog because it's in Taglish. I don't care. I don't give a damn.

English does not measure how intelligent a person is. It does not measure how far one can go. So we better start changing our way of thinking that one who is fluent in the said language is very intelligent. Anyone who is flawless in speaking english can be beaten by someone who cannot speak it properly. English is a language. Nothing more.

Filipinos treat english as if it is their own. You would be surprised that people who speak english, a language from other countries, are favored more than those who speak spotless Tagalog. It's pathetic how we treat something our own as if its nothing but a slave's language.

Perhaps, that guy who criticized what I wrote on the yahoogroup was right.
I suck in english.
And I'm glad I do.