On 8/31/06, jan gestre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
coz they watch tv? :D, even illiterates understand filipino and that's a fact, they may have difficulty speaking in filipino but they can understand, how did i know this? i've been to the ilocos region, the visayas, mindanao.... based on my experience they can.
There's more English than Filipino on TV. Illiterates understand Filipino? Yeah, right... Illiterates where? And did you notice that the media giants have regional stations that broadcast the news in the local dialect? And have you met *every* bisaya and talked to them in straight Filipino? Good luck with that.
> And besides, you're arguing something that's off topic. It was a > metaphor, and if you choose the argue the metaphor instead of the > actual point of the metaphor, then good luck with you in life. im arguing based on the actual point of your metaphor, if you can't relate to what i'm saying then that's your problem, and you mentioned this getting off topic so this is my last reply to this thread and good luck with your life too.
And you think that will stop me from quoting myself when I first said it: <quote> When I personally advocate Open Source Software, I say "this is a good choice, you may or may not use it but here is a list of advantages (and disadvantages) for using something like this...". I don't say "Let's not use Microsoft anything because they're evil and they're wrong." -- I used to say that before, but I've seen the light, and the reality that not all software should be free/open source (it's just insane to think that in the first place). It's like saying everyone in the Philippines should speak Filipino because it's the nationalistic thing to do -- which is just a load of bull IMO. </quote> I stand by it -- proposing that everyone in the Philippines should speak Filipino is like saying all software should be free/open source (and vice versa). If you didn't get that, then I'm sorry you're going to have to do better than "trying to argue" that Filipino should be spoken by everyone in the Philippines. -- Dean Michael C. Berris C/C++ Software Architect Orange and Bronze Software Labs http://3w-agility.blogspot.com/ http://cplusplus-soup.blogspot.com/ Mobile: +639287291459 Email: dean [at] orangeandbronze [dot] com _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
