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Yes and No - conversatin in Filipino English



 
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Yes and No - conversatin in Filipino English #1 (permalink) Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:58 pm   Yes and No - conversatin in Filipino English
 

Avant, you may like this one. I had this conversation once with a kid who worked in a factory with me. He'd just arrived from the Philippines.

Quote:
ME: You don't have the scissors, do you?
HIM: Yes!
ME: Can I have them, please?
HIM: I don't have them.
ME: So, you don't have them?
HIM: Yes!
ME: Then give them to me.
HIM: I don't have them.
ME: Do you have the scissors?
HIM: No!
ME: So you don't have the scissors?
HIM: Yes!


It was very confusing!
Jamie (K)
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Yes and No! #2 (permalink) Sat Apr 22, 2006 13:09 pm   Yes and No!
 

Hi! Jamie, thanks for sending me this funny conversation :D

Well, I would also like to tell you that we don't have tag questions here in the Philippines that is why the questions you had we very confusing to the kid.

We usually ask directly and simply, like: "Do you have scissors?" Otherwise, if we add more words, the last words will be retained in our memory. And you, English-speakers using the tag questions, will really find the conversation going somewhere else :D .

Keep on posting, Jamie! :D
Avant
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