Monday, February 8, 2010

Tagalog-speaking DJs

FM radio disc jockeys (DJ) in the city have this habit of speaking in Tagalog (Filipino) even if they sound Hiligaynon or Ilonggo. I don't know why they're doing this, can't they greet their listeners or introduce the music they play in Hiligaynon? It's okay if the DJ is indeed Tagalog-speaking, but it is really very irritating to hear DJs speaking in Tagalog awkwardly. We're glad that at present FM stations no longer require their DJs to speak English entirely and use foreign sounding names, but then here comes Tagalog-speaking DJs who are very irritating to the ears! Let's be proud of our own dialect, use Hiligaynon... try speaking Tagalog to Cebuanos and they will answer you with their native tounge, the Binisaya (or Cebuano as we commonly call).

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