How to Detect Filipinos in Bangkok
- Author: Toe
- Filed under: Travel
Monday
Feb 25,2008
Bangkok is crawling with Filipinos. They’re here in droves… in our hotel, in the malls, in the bargain centers. It’s not difficult to point them out and differentiate them from Thais and other Asians. Here’s how:
- LANGUAGE. Duh! Naturally, Filipinos speak in Tagalog. But even if they do speak in English, the Filipino accent is easily detectable. We definitely pronounce our Rs better than the Singaporeans, Malaysians, and Thais. And we don’t say lah after every word or sentence like the Singaporeans and Malaysians. But we do have our own mannerisms in our English like using the words ba, diba, na, ha. I can tell that I’m beside Filipinos while shopping in the bargain center. They say:
“You give me good price ha because I’m buying plenty from you, diba?”
“What is this made of ba?”
“Mommy, you buy me this watch ha?”
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