Massacre of the Filipino Language
With the advent of cellphones (and the limited characters for short message sending), people have resorted to "text-speaks". My eyes tear up when I see text messages such as this one: "Je je je! Nkk2wa k. Di q lam y u ngtxt s qin." Ano daw????? What's worse is when I see erroneously-spelled Filipino words that we have been taught how to spell since we were in elementary. This is how they are usually mutilated: NAMIN (us) ---- NAMEN HINDI (no) ---- HINDE KULIT (annoying, naughty) --- KULET SIYA (he, she - basta 3rd person) --- CIA KAHIT (even if nga ba ito?) --- KAHET PO (po/opo- to convey respect) --- POE (not the politician nor the late actor) or POH, and sometimes POEH (poehhhh???!) AYYY (an expression, o linking verb ba ito?) --- Aiiiii!!! (Ha?!)