If a student raises her hand in a class on Philippine literature and says, “Hindi ko maintindihan ang Tagalog” (I can’t understand the Tagalog), should the teacher say, “Eh kasi tanga ka” (That’s because you’re stupid)? Well, this was essentially what happened when blogger-columnist Connie Veneracion complained that she and her husband, who were in fact trying to help their daughter, couldn’t understand the Tagalog used in Mga Ibong Mandaragit by Amado Hernandez. More…
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