Filipinos ridiculed for using proper English

Honorato Velasco,
Cleveland, OH

My brother and I spoke proper English and generally pronounced the words correctly. This meant that we were often ridiculed by our peers when we lived in the Philippines. It was almost as though our countrymen took pride in not using the proper pronunciations and accenting the wrong syllables.


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