Dear mouse,
A friend in the e-mail group narrated that some Filipinos applying for a job in New Zealand were turned down because they could not speak English. Many of them are professionals back home and were holding managerial positions before they applied for the work-to-residence visa in NZ.
When I say English, it is NZ English.
The first thing that a newcomer should do is to learn English the way it is spoken in the place when he/she migrated. Even if your English is fluent, if you do not have the right accent, the people would not understand what you’re saying or vice versa.
In my second job, I was assigned in the marketing where there were a lot of phone calls to make. Balboa is one word that I will not forget since I had to stick my ears to the phone to get what the caller was saying. BALBOO. silent a. Anak ng pating.
My friend advised me to watch soaps and talk shows. I became tired watching the talk show where people both the interviewees and interviewers did a lot of nodding to make a point. Napapagod ako kapapanood. I could not watch the soaps. They were mostly show during afternoons.
I tried to listen to the kids. I imitated their English. Cool.
San Fransisco accent is different from NOO YOk and Bawstan (Boston) accents.
My ex-hubby’s family is from Boston. Although they had lived longer in San Francisco, they still brought with them their Bostonian accent like:
1. Pronouncing R’s as AH
2. Pronouncing “O’s” like “Aw” (‘Boston’ becomes ‘Bawstun”, ‘Octopus’ becomes ‘Awctapus’).
3 Pronouncing car as cah
* In words that begin in “R” such as robot, you would say robot, a person from Boston wouldn’t say robot but neither would they say ahbot, kinda something in between r and ah, like a light “r”.
* In a phrase with at least two words, the first ending with “r” and the second beginning in a vowel, slur the “r”. For example, “Where are you?” to “Whe-rah ya?.
The Ca t
nysahaha dito din mam cat wala silang R sa halip L nalang.
ang gulo ko, english ang pinaguusapan nyahaha.
ang ganda ng site mo mam cat, iba iba ang header nya ah, twing ililipat nag iiba, napakalamig tuloy sa mata, summer na summer ang dating
since nakasama ko ng matagal ang mga south asian at germans, sabi nila nagmised na ang accent ko at wala na rin akong pinoy accent pag nag english, sabi nila malakas akong makapeke kasi ang pinoy pag nag english alam mo kagad na pinoy sya, pero ako pag nag english walang magsasabing pinoy at di rin naman kasi ako mukhang pinay na pinay aside na nga lang sa ilong kong pango nyahahah, then pinay na pinay
nag mixed, sorry typo
lee,
ganoon nga ang accent ng mga singkit. :)
lee,
ako pag kausa ko poregner, accent ko kapareho sa kanila. pag pinoy, pinoy accent pa rin ako, pero minsan nagkakapalit. hehehe
hahahahahaha
kasi nung maka abroad ako yung mga naging una kong amo palaging pinupuna yung pinoy accent kaya pilit na kinokorek ako twing kausap ko sila, palaging ganun kaya nawala yung mga flat na accents
ako naman, yung pakner in crime ko, minsan napapa-kiwi accent ako kaya ginagaya nya inggles ko. minsan nag-uusap kami tungkol sa pagluluto, bigkas ko sa kamatis ay to-ma-to, kasi nga nasanay na ako dito. hindi na to-mey-to.
kiws,
ang ibang pinoy, akala nagmamagaling lang tayong mag-english o magpaaccent porke galing tayo sa ibang bansa, di nila alam nagiging parte na ng buhay natin yon at automatic na nagagawa natin. kaya kahit nagtatry tayong magsalita kagaya noong una. medyo nabubulol tayo. hakhak hak.
Hay nako. Tapos ang mga estudyante, binabalewala ang English. Pero nangangarap magabroad.
Not necessarily naman na if you will know how to speak English e hindi ka na makabayan. But the trend is, having adequate English skills can help you with seeking overseas opportunities.
And yes, napakaraming accent ng English. Dapat pinag-aaralan muna ang accent ng country bago mag-aaply.
Pang-antartica ang accent ko. LOL!
silver,
iba hindi global thinking. dahil sa internet lumiit ang mundo kaya wala ng borders supposed to be kagaya niyang tagalog lang sasalitain, tagalog lang ang kakantahin.