RH Bill in English or in Tagalog
By syoti20
@syoti20 (5292)
Philippines
September 23, 2011 6:38pm CST
I don't see any difference whether English or Tagalog being used in Debating the RH Bill. For me, my only concern is to settle the RH Bill on time, as in ASAP. This RH bill has been in ages and until now this case is not yet been settled.
Enough to this non-sense. Do they need Interpreter?!!! In order to move this case. Such a lame reason for me if you asked me.
Miss Universe 3rd Runner Up didn't used any help from Interpreter to answer the International Question of Vivica Fox.
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9 responses
@ybong007 (6643)
• Philippines
24 Sep 11
Tagalog, Filipino, English, or the combination is fine. I think majority of the people would prefer taglish since it easier to understand. What's important is everyone is able to express themselves freely without being conscious if their subject and verb are is agreement.
@mantis36 (4219)
• Philippines
25 Sep 11
@ybong007 and @syoti20.... both of you are correct and i agree with it...
but Filipino Native Dialects as well as Tagalog contains an elements of Spanish, Malaysian, Indonesian, and Chinese words too....
like those of Siomai, pancit, bihon, calle norte, carne dos tress, baranggay, balangay, barrio, fiesta, sabado, dominggo, arnis de mano, kali kamagong
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
24 Sep 11
Well, for me it matters because this bill could change our country, for the better or for worse. And it is bets if the people understood it well, so I also prefer it to be in Filipino so Filipinos would understand it. 
English isn't even our second language..
English isn't even our second language..
@my_january (967)
• Philippines
24 Sep 11
I agree with you. The problem with us is that we've embraced English Language so much that the whole world developed this expectation that almost everyone of us knows and is very comfortable in speaking and writing in English. And now we can't take it back, we must in any way meet the world's expectation that we are an English speaking country.
@mantis36 (4219)
• Philippines
24 Sep 11
but Jose Rizal said:
"A man who doesn't speak to his native tongue is more smelly than a corpse fish"
but Jose Rizal knows 22 sets of foreign languages...
it simply means that Jose Rizal have the only right to learn foreign languages and not applicable to us....
@rogue13xmen13 (14403)
• United States
25 Sep 11
Both. Why not have it in both languages since your country speaks both languages? Canada has many of their laws in English and in French because those are the languages that the people speak.
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
24 Sep 11
Hi syoti!
The Ms. Universe pageant and the deliberation in the Senate are two different things. Well, Senator Lapid and Shamcey Supsup are different to say the least. Apparently, Senator Lapid is not very comfortable in speaking in English and he admitted that he is inadequate in understanding the language. This is why he requested the RH deliberation to be in Filipino. Definitely there will be a difference if the deliberation is done in Filipino, or Taglish if I may say (since there will be technical and scientific terms that do not have their equivalent Filipino terms). He, and those others he claim that are not proficient in English will be able to participate efficiently in the deliberation. I don't think there is nothing wrong with his request.
However, and I've said this in other myLot discussions about this topic, it was not very nice that Senator Lapid made language as an excuse for not actively participating in the deliberation. It's not a question of whether he is proficient in English or not, it's a question of effort. He should make an effort to understand English and learn to speak in English. And besides, he can always participate in the deliberation by speaking in Filipino. That is not against the rule. He can always ask if he does not understand something.
@starrose_ara (784)
• Philippines
24 Sep 11
You are correct about that. If that is the only issue why they cannot move forward with this RH bill then make it into two languages with the Tagalog version written above and the English version below it to translate it. There are other reasons why they cannot move ahead since they consider what others are saying especially those that are against it. Just take a vote and whoever wins thats that!
@ckciasigurl (2081)
• Italy
27 Sep 11
hi syoti20!
it doesn't matter if it is english or tagalog what is important is they are comfortable in there languages that they are using.because using a languages that is not comfortable is so different and not relaxing.
@eLsMarie (4345)
• Philippines
25 Sep 11
We both have the same concern too syoti20, but I would prefer the debate to be in English. I think it's much appropriate and there were a lot of words that shouldn't be spoken in Filipino/Tagalog. This is a very sensitive topic. I don't see the reason why they should focus on Sen. Lito Lapid's weakness.
@abatencila (970)
• Philippines
24 Sep 11
I agree it doesn't really matter what will they use during the debate. For me, what's important is they'll have the access to let the people what RH really mean and what's the benefit of this.
