Forum Support Tommy T. Posted June 24, 2019 Forum Support Posted June 24, 2019 Exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Chamberlain Posted June 24, 2019 Posted June 24, 2019 On 6/23/2019 at 12:47 PM, Jack Peterson said: AK your day will come believe me I agree with Garry D and I always have trouble getting people to understand as their English is rather basic most of the time & only what they remember from school but I do have a wife & cousin who are totally fluent to sort things out for me, it sort of works out but its not easy !! We do live in a very rural area and this is one of the down sides ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Chamberlain Posted June 24, 2019 Posted June 24, 2019 I am often sitting wondering with a few beers and the more beer I have the more complicated the wondering gets ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollygoodfellow Posted June 25, 2019 Posted June 25, 2019 23 hours ago, John Chamberlain said: I agree with Garry D and I always have trouble getting people to understand as their English is rather basic most of the time Well I understand English but my hearing is not good so often I do the nod, yes or whatever without really knowing what was said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Berkowitz Posted June 25, 2019 Posted June 25, 2019 On 6/22/2019 at 9:13 PM, Tommy T. said: English is an official language here Before I came to the Philippines, I was blissfully ignorant of all of the languages that are spoken in the Phils. Since I was speaking to Fil-American neighbors and friends for decades, and I had never heard them speak anything other than English, I mistakenly believed that English was always spoken in the Philippines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Tommy T. Posted June 25, 2019 Forum Support Posted June 25, 2019 6 hours ago, Mark Berkowitz said: Before I came to the Philippines, I was blissfully ignorant of all of the languages that are spoken in the Phils. Since I was speaking to Fil-American neighbors and friends for decades, and I had never heard them speak anything other than English, I mistakenly believed that English was always spoken in the Philippines. I was here many years ago for a first visit on my yacht, so I was already aware of English being spoken in some areas, especially government offices and stores. But I was surprised when I learned that in rural areas it seems almost every community has its own dialect that is not well understood outside there - hence the use of the "bigger?" local languages like Tagalog, Bisayan and Cebuano so that people can communicate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonjack2847 Posted June 25, 2019 Posted June 25, 2019 On 6/24/2019 at 6:19 PM, Tommy T. said: Exactly! Tom it would help if people knew what you were replying to you can quote a post on the bottom left corner of it mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Tommy T. Posted June 25, 2019 Forum Support Posted June 25, 2019 Yeah...thanks Sonjack. JollyGoodFellow just showed me how to do that yesterday. Still learning how this forum works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Tommy T. Posted June 26, 2019 Forum Support Posted June 26, 2019 52 minutes ago, sonjack2847 said: Tom it would help if people knew what you were replying to you can quote a post on the bottom left corner of it mate. Whoops! I just see I forgot to quote your previous message...how dumb is that? Okay, I will try harder... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bastonjock Posted June 26, 2019 Posted June 26, 2019 On 6/24/2019 at 9:28 AM, Arizona Kid said: Especially in Japan. Even if they don't understand you, you think they do with the nod. I have a new neighbor next door here in the Phills, maybe in his mid 30's. Has a boyfriend. My sons basketball went in their yard 2 days ago and he refused to give it back. I called his name over the 4 ft fence just to talk to him about it and he was full of rage. Couldn't believe it, over a basketball. I calmed him down enough to get the ball back with a promise that it wouldn't happen again. Apparently some people aren't happy unless they are angry. Hehe , when I first left Glasgow about 35 years ago , I had trouble getting the English to understand my thick accent , I would be quite happily chatting away and when I finished I'd get a smile and a nod lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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