Americans React to 10 Biggest Lies About The Philippines

[@mrfyjnkktgij]

Filipinos are mostly trilingual. 1st language is where they grew up, 2nd language is Tagalog and the next is English. they use Tagalog mostly to communicate with other Filipinos. English is mostly used in work, making documents, etc. They learn English from early schooling to college. The only thing they are not confident using English to foreigners is because they are afraid to miss pronounce or make a mistake.

[@savagekruger77]

On point

[@TheMightyCrucibleKnight184]

Pretty much yeah, english is sometimes hard to use depending on the circumstances and stuff, even me too I'm still trying to learn my english grammar properly.

[@fealla76]

Yes actually!!

[@donampalaya3988]

And can speak a little bit of spanish, Nihonggo and Hangul😂

[@vincentbryanrivero3196]

True.I spoke my own dialect which is bicol,also tagalog and then english.I can Also understand a little bit of spanish and dialect of some part of visayas 😁

[@stifnoxii8591]

Majority of Filipinos speak and understands English (Most are since birth). Some of us are just very shy towards foreigners and also scared of making grammatical mistakes.

[@jonascajigal3064]

true

[@romheadliner994]

In the Philippines there is a stereotype that if you speak English well, it means you came from a wealthy family and studies at a prestigious university. Filipinos from middle class and those who are in the poverty line, understand English but not comfortable to speak it because people around will judge them based on how fluent you are in English. Based from my experiences, I have rich, middle, and unfortunate friends. They all understand English but the difference is their level of confidence is big.

[@jonascajigal3064]

true

[@gracesalvador8970]

For me, we Filipinos are perfectionist, so speaking English, we tend to over think first before we speak, like what would be my accent , English sound and if that would be understandable,, given that we have English subject from nursery to college 🤣😂. Thanks for appreciating the culture 😘

[@jonascajigal3064]

true

[@afilipinolivinginthephilip8869]

What they meant about the first lie, is that the Filipina women can't speak english adequately or thoroughly. That's why rather than speaking nonsense they chose to be quiet. But they do understand english very well.

[@glennem.garcia3518]

that lady for sure can speak n understand english and just don't want to speak with foreigner..like myself...am.not used to talking to strangers or a person i am not close with

[@kyrieeleisoncabido5739]

@@glennem.garcia3518 yeah same as me when the first time i encounter canadian guys face to face when he taste the adobo and ask me to cook for him and his wife... i just nood but when he is coming near me i ran outside the kitchen my grandma ask why i ran i said i scared to speak english maybe i misunderstood and said a wrong grammar.

[@jessicaal415]

The problem with generalizing, that Filipinos eat dog, is that the statement “Americans eat raccoons and crocodile” would be true - you see what I’m getting here? Or that Americans eat bugs because there is a small community of ppl in Berkeley CA, whites I should mention who practice eating bugs for protein in place of meat. Signed, Filipino born American. And no, I’ve not eaten a dog. Not my family, not anyone I know.

[@jonascajigal3064]

in the northern part of the Philippines especially in the Cordillera mountain tribes as a food source dogs ;because up in the mountains food is a bit difficult to ,a kind of rodent that is found in the rice fields that resembles mice but are closely related to rabbits, beetle that swim in the rice paddies called "ararawan" , ants during the mating season we catch them with plates that are greased so the ants would stick to the plates because its oily; ants in the mating season have wings and fly chasing the queen ant ,crickets during the first rain falls because that's the time that they shed off their old shell so it has soft bodies not hardened yet and then theirs frogs, bayawak (monitor lizards) snakes, bug larvea found in the coconut trees, then balut , seaweeds and lots of other things that God gave us to eat and take advantage off so that we will have something to eat

[@johnreemallillin5539]

Here in the Philippines, English is widely spoken. It is one of our official language. It is also used as a medium of instruction in schools and universities. And so, I'm proud to say that we, Filipinos are fluent in speaking English.

[@jeddee3820]

Not all

[@apolcraze]

Foreigners thinking Filipinos eat dogs, correction! Only some and it’s in just particular regions! Most Filipinos love their dogs! Same as in Thailand, not all eat dogs there! Do not generalise!

[@peperochan12]

From a filipina point view, I'm part of the shy group who speaks and understand English but doesn't want to speak English to foreigners much.

[@misslouie6742]

same. Maybe i can't speak or converse well but i can understand everything.

[@linislandgirl]

Love Filipina from Kingdom of Jordan❤️❤️❤️🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@jonnamaerojero6992]

When we are born we require to learn more than 1 languages the mother tounge , tagalog, english.. Just my opinion

[@AcerW-s9e]

we were not required, we learn to be bilingual naturally-we hear both languages around us and in school.

[@KanekiKen02_]

Please do react to bright side's "14 Reasons the Philippines is different from the rest of the World". Btw I really enjoyed this reaction video 💙

[@justatruckthatwillisekaiyo8654]

as per Number 5. Well as a filipino myself nannys are normal here and normally they are being sent to hong kong and rarely in US. As for call center agents I myself are one of them mainly because we are more customer service oriented than the regular Indian Call Center(imo). But yea as for stereotypes mostly filipinos are Nurses mainly because for us it's the "EASIEST" way to be rich by earning dollars. Not the dream job by most filipinos since we are practical.

[@aivierana888]

English is our secondary language we understand english but hard to speak fluent English because in our daily life we use taglish.

[@edibads]

Or maybe when you called, you thought it was an American because most call center agents in the PH would be trained to speak with an American accent.

[@WineSippingCowboy]

Not in the video. My favorite. Everybody in The Philippines can sing! 👨‍🎤👩‍🎤

[@sirisaacnewtonprs9474]

it's actually illegal to eat dogs here in the philippines

[@SouthlapsPH]

Eating dogs are actually illegal in the country, but there are certain groups that still does it. It is a part of their rituals. And they do not eat just some random dogs, they hunt wild dogs that are native to their forest and lands.

[@matthewjinx9491]

You should react on 10 surprising fact about the Philippines, i swear its very interesting

[@ronnienacionales7212]

There a law here ,when you kill dog you will put in jail for six to one years

[@linislandgirl]

Corrections Philippines is poor but very rare that we eat dogs...thats a lie.theyre a lot of stray dogs in the street because we dont eat dogs....Oh my puppies

[@regie_rei]

Filipino - the citizen of the philippines Pilipino - boy Pilipina - girl Pilipina’s are just “pakipot” not shy (or should i say getting to know a guy before they show their true side)

[@ronnjosephdelrio7977]

Hi guys when the video said that the Philippines is the largest island cluster in the world it's true but he left some info. The Philippines is the largest island country in the that shares no land border with any country but you guys are correct when you said that indonesia is largest archipelago but indonesia shares land borders with other countries. also thank you for the recent featuring of the Philippines love it. more power to you guys

[@DitoOfficio]

Even if you cut those foreign territories in Kalimantan, Papua and East Timor.. Indonesia's land is still 6 times larger than the philippines.

[@skyisthelimit6958]

@@DitoOfficio he said shared border means land borders... while philippines is no shared borders or land borders and only water borders..

[@julietacastillo3803]

We are taught the right English grammar so we always think we have to speak English with right grammar.

[@MysticHaiko27]

in my case I am a filipino I have 3 languages, 1. language where I grew up is bisaya because I was born in mindanao, 2. tagalog and 3. english where we learn early age from school because we have tagalog or filipino subject where we could communicate other filipino because filipino people have different 200 languages if I'm not mistaken english is where we use for documents, job reporting or any work or professional work or whatever we know and understand english specially basic and simple word english we are not comfortable to speak english to foreigner speaking english because we are not used to it and we are perfectionist when it comes to grammar

[@linislandgirl]

English Language taught from Preschool and 2nd Language is English

[@inigomontoya3750]

who cares? If foreigners come to our country they should speak our language. We speak American when we are in the USA.

[@inigomontoya3750]

who cares? If foreigners come to our country they should speak our language. We speak American when we are in the USA.

[@JupiterGigi]

There is only a small tiny percentage of people who eats dogs and as the demographic evolve this practice have gone almost obsolete

[@marivice4064]

Most Filipinos can speak and understand english. Some women who seem quiet are just naturally shy and maybe lack exposure esp those from the suburbs. English is included in our curicculum from kindergarten. So theyre ability to understand english will depend a lot on the level of education they have and speaking english depends again on exposure, and practice ( to have the confidence).

[@ruzzerhjakebacay9292]

Please React to 14 REASON THE PHILLIPPINES DIFFERENT IN THE REST OF THE WORLD Please 🙏

[@summersunday6675]

Good things with Filipinos we are aware of the current events in the world and we are taught in school from elementary to college about the cultures of different countries ans their religion and their political system, we sing song of different language though we don’t know the meaning. Filipinos are not just contained in one box we explore the world and we know more about the world that those living the the 1st world countries who are very contained in their own country thats why they don’t know anything about the world.

[@basilioflorendo557]

I did ate dog meat before. Mostly it is done by drinkers in some part of the Philippines but its not common specially now that we have a law against it. They do it in secret. Some of us does not speak english that well but they do understand english . You may see it funny how some Filipinos try to answer foreigners question and you will see them laughing about it too, but really you will see the effort. I like people who does honest reactions and I appreciate you reacting to videos about Philippines. Thank you.

[@CrazyBeatbox]

I did eat dog meat when I was in the Philippines more than 40 years ago. I wouldn’t even think about eating it if ever I were to go back and visit.

[@BitsBlitzPH]

I like it that you guys really discuss the things you hear or learn in your videos. Immersion is what other yt reactors lack.

[@draxi859]

Here in some families or in some parts we learn it has our first language as a baby(parents here will speak in English when we're still babies so we won't need to study it), but it soon becomes either our 2nd or 3rd language as we grow up because the majority speaks the native languages.

[@amein73]

90% of Filipino speak decent English, while only 70% of malaysian do.

[@sh_kun_playz698]

I think Canada knows how to speak Tagalog...

[@amein73]

Lies no1 - Filipine as a dangerous country? Well, I do have a lot of Filipino friends here including a family who help me in the farm, they say, whenever they go back to the Filipine, they have to strip off all jewelry upon arrival at the airport. They will try to look as poor as possible so that nobody have the ideas if they have valuable belongings or money in their luggage .. So this story is what my friends told me about Filipines.. and if they lied to me, pls forgive me of writing it here. I m malaysian and i love my Filipino friends here in my country.

[@thickerface1834]

We are not eating dog meat here in the Philippines. That is very big lie.

[@jeddee3820]

Most of them in the province

[@timgalaxyj4860]

Largest island country means it doesn't share land border w/ other country, most of the filipino are linguistic we learn a lot of languages, philippines has 185+ local languages... and english we learn it fron grade 1 to college, but now in millenial time even my 3 year old daughter is speaking in english and sometime make me nosebleed... she learns it by just watching youtube. Dog meat is a delicacies in a northern part of a the country where colder climate, because dog meat makes their body warmer, but now there is a law prohibiting eating dog meat, but there is still some tribal or thrive that are still doing it.

[@regie_rei]

Manila - capital city Metro manila - the main business center which is the capital region (metro manila or national capital region)

[@efhraimhanzmiranda691]

No, we don't eat dog meat xD It's very taboo actually and just like what he said it only happen in certain places in provinces/countrysides. And Actually I got tricked to eating one of it xD They told us it's beef or something and they just reveal the truth after we finish it. I throw it up xD

[@athenstar10]

As for women- We're just not comfortable speaking with foreigners, specially in non-touristy places or places where foreigners predominantly live. It actually depends on their approach. I, for example, once became uncomfortable speaking to a scandinavian guy in a tourist spot, who started off being friendly but then I feel like he's trying to pick up either me or one of my friends... and we're not into that.

[@antoniettesaab1755]

English is a "universal language", and Filipinos are taught English since kindergarten till college, and this is used as a medium of instruction, most especially in private schools, so most "FILI's can fluently speak and understand English, although there may be some few who may be speaking the English dialect, in a different way (different pronunciation), distinct from those who have good diction, but at least it's considerably great still, cause when they relate to foreigners, there's no such thing as "LANGUAGE BARRIER", cause the Filipinos can understand, and can be understood. We're grateful to the school teachers and to our parents who taught us English, and helped us boost our confidence!.....👍🇵🇭

[@avenethmariecabahug-antipa4086]

well this video is about the lies or the misconceptions about the Philippines ..Im a filipina and my family never eat dogs and why the hell would i eat dog when we have pork, chicken and fish... And also our family, since from my grandparents we had dogs as pets, like why the hell would we eat our bestfriend.😞😞

[@savagekruger77]

7:01 that's one of the jeepneys I rode back in high school yooo that jeepney stop and alley is a ride from my home

[@archiemontano3880]

Please react 14 reasons why Philippines,is different from the rest of the world.

[@Yamie1101]

Gold Diggers..? Maybe?? No country/nationality exempted for that..but We (Filipina) is the KINDNESS gold digger of all..coz we dont need and expensive gifts..😊 #NOTOHYPOCRISY!

[@afilipinolivinginthephilip8869]

@Simply Boholana Disgusting mentality from a lowerclass type. You, your friends and your whole family might be gold diggers, but not my ex's not my family and definitely not the ppl in my region. You ppl are just lazy, here's the video diminishing gold digger stereotypes but here you are generalizing filipino women as gold diggers. If you are a gold digger don't put others on your own personal label. You're contradicting yourself in your own sentence, but I know what you're trying to say. Don't put others on your shoes. You're an embarrassment.

[@Yamie1101]

@@afilipinolivinginthephilip8869 ..FYI..i have a stable job..my family is on tje right track ..if you are not gold digger..no need to hurt!.. #READINGCOMPREHENSION...PLS Kundly analyze and understand my comment!!!!😊 Godbless!

[@srijulie9772]

@@afilipinolivinginthephilip8869 .. Simply Boholana is a kind woman.. don't judge if u don't know her personally.. She sold her own things bags, shoes,and other stuffs to donate those who are in needs. Her family owned a land (coconut farm, rice fields). There's nothing wrong with her comments. We're laughing at you while reading what you said.

[@srijulie9772]

recently .Her family donated 30 sacks of Rice to the poor.

[@Yamie1101]

@@srijulie9772 ..dli man gud kinahanglan mahibal an niya about ana..Dili importante..hehe

[@derk0ff342]

Hi, 16 year old filipino here. First lie: filipinos are really big perfectionist, even more so the women cuz we don't wanna look dumb. Second lie: yes. There are over 7 thousand islands. Third lie: we speak English everyday. It's our second language. Fourth lie: we don't only speak tagalog. We mostly speak Taglish (tagalog-english hybrid) Fifth lie: Yes. We have hundreds of different cultures. It's like each island has at least 1 or 2 diff cultures by themselves. Sixth lie: the stereotypes are true but not the only jobs we do. My uncle is actually a chef in Dubai, so.... Seventh lie: no. We don't have EVERYTHING in THE CITY of Manila. The Manila Metro tho, has most. Eighth lie: it's illegal to eat dogs and it's frowned upon almost everywhere here. Say you are one once and everybody would either never talk to you or avoid talking to you but still be polite. Ninth lie: most just like to travel, I mean, we're all mountains and beaches. No snow. We'd like to experience that at least once. Last lie: only the backalleys are dangerous enough to be considered "dangerous" really.

[@hectorjuatco9384]

My mother only finished 7s grade, though she cant speak english, she can comprehend. Filipinos love to watch hollywood movies.

[@TracyAmor]

Tagalog is primary or our first language. While most or a lot can speak English or Taglish, some though speaks more English than Tagalog but that would depend now on your upbringing or where you studied and preference or where you grew up hence majority of us are multi-lingual

[@ilawmo]

English is taught in school but we have a distinct accents that separates us by culture.

[@corabel2351]

Leroy Kenton has never been in the Philippines. those are just his personal opinion or hearsay only

[@elizabethmoya2244]

Nothing in the Universe or this world is Perfect. Not even in the Philippines, but in yet we still know how to be honest, caring and loving our family and helping others.

[@jadezworld4826]

THE CALL CENTER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD IS USED TO BE INDIA BUT PHILIPPINES TOOK OVER. Most Western companies prefer how Filipinos speak English

[@mydelsayab544]

Actually its 7100 island during low tide /7000 in high tide... There is one place we call it hundred Island in Pangasinan where you can go island hoping.

[@jasonquinones4901]

(1) World's largest Island nation - in terms of total land mass area. Indonesia is the largest Archipelagic Nation in terms of number of islands and territorial area. (2) Woman, or locals in general, are just not confident in speaking straight English with foreigners because the Philippine culture is very critical about proper grammar and pronunciation (even accents) when it comes to speaking in English. So, yes, it's just a matter of confidence. They are just afraid to be judged but once they overcome that, there is no problem. You can communicate with almost anyone, even in the streets, using English. (3) The Philippines has already taken over call-center services from India in most customer service functions (except maybe for tech support, which India still holds). (4) There is already a Law in the Philippines against eating/selling dog meat.

[@jasonquinones4901]

You'll be surprised to know that our culture, if you really dig deep into it, is more closely similar to Latin America than to our neighboring countries and the whole of Asia. It's a solid base of Spanish-Latin culture with a healthy dollop of Western/American pop culture with sprinkles of Tropical island culture, Asian-Chinese culture and native indigenous culture. "300 years in the convent, 50 years in Hollywood"

[@rogeliocarino2288]

Actually our national language is Filipino. But our medium of instruction in schools is English, and our legal/official documents and communications are written in English. But in spite of that, English is used only in our official communications, business transactions, legal proceedings, legislations, and formal communications. But it is not commonly used by the majority of our people. In our day to day affairs we speak our local dialects which primarily the regional mother tongue i.e. Cebuano which is widely spoken in Visayas and Mindanao; next is Tagalog which is widely spoken in the National Capital Region, & some parts of Central Luzon, and Southern Tagalog Regions; the Ilocano in Northern Luzon; Pangasenense, ; Pampango; Hiligaynon(Ilongo); Waraynon in Samar and Leyte, and Chavacano in Zambianga. Others are ethnic dialects spoken by our cultural minorities i.e. Ibatan, Yakan, Manobo, Tausog, Bagobo etc. In our inter regional communication, we use Filipino which is majority Tagalog based, but it is a combination of English, Spanish, Chinese, and some are regional and local dialects. The reason why other Filipinos are seemingly silent when it comes to communicating in English is because English is our borrowed language which most of us Filipinos cannot express our thoughts/idea that are in our minds because we don't what is its equivalent in English. This happens mostly in the countryside where most of our people who were born up to 70s were not able to finish elementary. It was because our system of education then were concentrated only in the urban areas and in the cities or municipal centers. Unlike these days that there are already high schools even in the remotest area of the country. But in the urban areas you will notice that our countrymen are so expressive and even opinionated. It is because most of them are educated, and so they can express their feelings because they have learned how to use the English language properly. One thing that I would like to share to you is this: Filipinos can accept if you speak grammatically incorrect in our national language, but never in English because it seems that it is a crime for them to speak wrong grammar in English especially to the educated ones. That is why we better keep silent rather than become a laughing stock by these meticulous people.

[@athenstar10]

Largest Island country- Yeah, it's actually Indonesia. We're second largest.

[@draxi859]

but Indonesia has land borders, no? edit: oh island and archipelago are two different things so yeah

[@hellogin0077]

PHILIPPINES is the largest archipelago without Land borders 5:59 he mean

[@AcerW-s9e]

I'm an ESL teacher for 17 years (I also used to be a call center agent but I didn't like it), I'm not the kind of Filipina that you heard about and none of my Filipina friends nor the ones that I know are like that too. We are sassy and we speak our mind. I don't know where that rumor/lie came from about being submissive. Of course there are women who are shy and submissive but up to a point and you don't want to breach that point, believe me.

[@Bebebebe22-]

In other schools they do teach you English. I spoke English for most of my school life for some reasons. I think you learn English along tagalog, idk it's your choice. Right now my English sucks cause of quarantine, I speak taglog at home and I don't even speak that well, just like what I said, I only speak English at school and since we have online classes today I haven't spoken a word of English in my 7th grade class. So, now vocally my English sucks. My dad had called been calling call centers and most of the people he called were Filipino, he sometimes can recognize them by accent. There's a lot of Filipino people who do work in call centers. And one of my relatives is a nanny for this dude's large house and she cooks food really good. The owner sometimes let her fam go to her house and one day she held somesort of reunion there. But yeah in the end she does the work pretty well. And hell there was a lot of papers for my grandmother, grandfather, dad and mom for us to just get I here to america. My grandmother went to America to get more money for my dad and for other things, but not to date someone and get money from them. She's a hard working mother and one time she told me that someone was eying on her at a store and I think they told her something like she's using my step-grandfather for money, hell no. She does the most of the house work, she's a hard working lady, and they just judged her by just looking at her like that. I'm not saying all Filipino women, men, peeps are innocent. Just saying what I've experienced. And when my grandmother came to America, she was working hard with several relatives. She was introduced to my grandfather by a friend and she told me that my grandfather's house back then was like really messy, cause of other thing's I think is best to not say (and my grandmother is like a clean freak I tell you and strict sometimes.) Yeah other Filipinos might say jokes about dating rich foreigner, but most are together cause they love each other, not because of the money they see on each other. But again not saying that all are like that. And no dog meat is like illegal to most places, but yeah in the northern regions there are some groups who eat dog mean. I thought my aunt had eaten dog meat but no, it was my dad.

[@singlemomslife3336]

Philippines is actually one of the safest country to travel

[@Denden-mx9gl]

Eating dogs acutally started when the Americans took some native igorot tribes to America. They made them an attraction and fed them dogs to show that these people are "SAVAGES".

[@waltsantos5496]

Back in the 80s, maybe... it was generally accepted to cook and eat dogs. But I think it was made illegal. But there are still places in the remote areas and villages that practice it. But for the most part, it's frowned upon and not practiced anymore in the country.

[@cbtowers4841]

Originally, before the Spanish came, the Philippine women became warriors or spiritual leaders in the Philippines. Princess Urduja was a famous female warrior we learned about even in present day. In recent history, 1/10 Filipino guerilla forces in WW2 were women. They helped in the war as soldiers, couriers and spies. Even now, the Philippines is among the top countries with the least gender gap. So they're not submissive. Sometimes friendliness and patience in people can be mistaken for submissiveness, but that's a common misconception about anybody.

[@uriahthehittite2309]

Philippine women were warriors? Women in general were never warriors in the past nor in the present. This feminist myth has been popularized in the media that this lie repeated often now appear to be the "truth." Women have periods and their primary biology is geared towards child bearing and rearing. Now, these days there are contraceptives but it does not make them warriors considering that institutions which only allow the most fittest of men before have had their standards lowered to get women easier in the ranks. In most cases, men still carry the heavy lifting. Get real. We are not born equal and we will never be equal because we are not endowed by nature with carbon copy abilities and features when we come into the world. We can lie about equality, sure. But then again it only refers to political rights and opportunity. It was never about interchangeable gender not the denial of only two genders based on biology and not some idealized fiction imposed on us by those lunatics who hate the foundation of the nation, which is the traditional family.

[@janmar00]

No, it's true, there are some tribes that eat exotic food, there are still many today that eat dogs. It's like a tradition. I ate one tbh

[@shenic5131]

English language is used as medium of learning started in kindergarten and been used in school and work. All subjects are taught in English except Filipino.

[@jasonelli]

If you guys wanna learn a bit more about Borneo, there is this new movie call Edge Of The World.. Its about the adventures of Sir James Brooke, who defied the British Empire to rule a jungle kingdom in 1840s Borneo, embarked on a lifelong crusade to end piracy, slavery and head-hunting, and inspired LORD JIM and THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING.

[@kewinkewin1914]

well bruh imagine u just vibing not caring about anyone else and just going where u wanna go and some dude suddenly ask u something that isn't ur native language you will be pretty shocked for a moment too

[@athenstar10]

Dogs- As what he said, only a very small portion of indigenous tribes in one region of the country has had a HISTORY, but it's no longer practiced. And yes, it's illegal in the Philippines.

[@chunn3613]

I think the things is why Filipinos don't speak English to others, at least from what i see, is that we only use it at school and work, we rarely use it to talk with our family and friends, we use our dialects like Ilokano, Ibaloi, Cebuano, Bikol, or just Tagalog as it is what we are more comfortable in using. There are times we speak Taglish (Tagalog+English) as there are also words in english we use often here in the Philippines. We understand English but in speaking we tend to get shy and insecure with our accent and grammar so people tend to just stay quite rather than embarrassing themselves. Correct me if I got anything wrong.

[@MsMaryjoy21]

Women in the Philippines are not quiet as they seem. There are 2 types of Filipinos, the one who attended formal education and the other is who are not. Those who cant speak to foreign people are those who are not able to study English that's why they are quiet. But majority of the Filipinos can speak English because English is our second language. Which, makes the reason why Philippines is the call center capital of the world because we can speak better English. And also, a lot are into working in call centers because the bpo industry offers a very good salary compare to working in other industries. In bpo, you can find engineers, nurses, teachers etc.

[@Shythalia]

The majority do not eat dogs or even like to think about it. We think it's bad but like Leroy said, only very few small groups do it. I mean, some people in China & South Korea also do it.

[@weien_024]

6:15, Filipinos don't learn English as First Language, there are more than a hundred spoken language (dialects) within the Philippines and to be able to talk to other people who we can't understand despite being both of us are Filipinos, we learn English.

[@draxi859]

well I did, but it soon became my second language as I grew up

[@ginocgraphicartist]

similar to japan... there are filipinos that can understand English, but having trouble expressing themselves, its not that they don't want to communicate but they choose to stay quiet and smile instead rather than speak broken English and get embarrassed... despite english language is being taught from primary school to high school and college... tagalog is still used as the primary language in their daily activities hence the practice in speaking English is under developed sometimes not at all.

[@ilawmo]

We have divers dialects. My parents have their own dialects while their children speaks different dialects. We are divers when it comes to dialects. To communicate nation wide, we formed one dialect, Tagalog, at schools and at work we speaks English. And for fun we speak tagalish. Tagalog and English at the same time. To spice up the conversation we speak Spanish English and Tagalog at the same time.

[@hectorjuatco9384]

Philippines is ahead of india in outsourcing. According to recent surveys there are more than 500K call center agents that cater to international needs for information.

[@biglawturbo6703]

As a Filipino myself, our stereotype of OFWs are mostly anyone who works in jobs like doctors and nurses, caregivers, cooks, maids, and nannies. Mostly the "doctors and nurses" one though, Lmao.

[@lealeeismyname]

FYI: Philippines has surpassed India as Call Center Capital of the World. Also, regarding women.. well I must say that yes indeed there is a stereotype for old generation of filipinas being submissive, but now because of technology Filipinas has also evolved. For me, Filipinas are still the sweetest and thoughtful, well it's for you to find out. Anyways the only way you'll find out is once you travelled or watch someone who really travelled in the Philippines.

[@thatmathers7848]

Indonesia is the largest archipelago. Philippines is the call center capital of the world.. English is the second language and it is the teaching tool use in the Philippines

[@hectorjuatco9384]

In the Phililippines you cant get a good paying office job without passing interviews that are conducted in english, especially in a multinational corporation.

[@gigigavino-punsalang7400]

Many Filipinos are college graduate or college level

[@onthemood]

Actually, Philippines has surpassed India as the Call Center Capital of the World for almost a decade already. You may not notice that you are talking with a Filipino over the phone because Filipinos have neutral and can mimic accents. As one of the people working in this industry, I also have colleagues catering to English, Chinese, Japanese, British, Spanish etc customers depending on your language skillset etc

[@carloramos3697]

what he meant with island country is that without some boder. indonesias borneo is borderedwith malaysia and brunei.

[@yessir..6901]

The killing of dogs as a livestock animal has been banned in the Philippines since 1998 via Republic Act No. 8485, known as the Animal Welfare Act, with exemptions for dogs killed and eaten as part of indigenous rituals.

[@kasumpang09]

about the women speaking English, I think the reason why they are afraid to talk to foreigners even if they can speak and understand English is they are afraid to have some grammar mistakes or mispronounced words. In the Philippines, some Filipinos can be very critical of other people's English that they will call that person's attention if they mispronounced words in English.

[@renatoparadiang4062]

Not comfortable,and worried about being criticized about speaking English most Filipinos are in the Philippines

[@ivydejesus3819]

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[@tsokoolet]

We are just conservative / We believe guys should be the one to do the effort. For nannies - atleast they work and not stealing hahaha. I'm a Filipina but I want to stay in my country and marry a Filipino too.

[@ruku_2060]

Philippines is the largest island group without sharing a border with other country.

[@jan2lim2011]

we know how to speak english, but sometimes its hard for us to understand the american accent. its illegal for us to sell or eat dog meat except in some place in north and only if it will used for religious purposes.

[@repapips8774]

well, he didn't refer to all women, he only referred to women that foreigners may encounter that are silent and prefer not to speak. the reason might be that they are not well versed in speaking english.

[@armandoastudillo7054]

That the Filipinos share the same culture is true in highly urbanized areas, no matter where. This is because Filipinos have the innate versatile quality of self-acculturation. In short, they adjust to every situation or set of beliefs and practices. But if you go to the rural areas, those that are the origin of such tribe, you see a different culture. So the truth is there are a variety of cultures in our country.

[@bernadettecadaing9646]

We learn english in a very young age like mothers taught their toddler simple.english. 🙂 Hey filipinos are inventors, too. The floresent, etherner Cmos for computer, moon buggy etc

[@inigomontoya3750]

Pls dont tell them that. They might think we have a gift of high intellect. Mainget ang mga iyan.

[@BlazeYT_]

The fluorescent light was proven not made by Agapito Flores as his identification of patent was overturned. The Americans did first invent florescent. Karaoke for some reason, Japan and Philippines did. But title of that held to the Philippines because it was patented.

[@tg9032]

actually eating a dog is illegal here in PH(whole PH) not just dog but also cat its animal cruelty and its true you will not find dog meat in any supermarket or in any store.. but as a citizen here I know some people eat it most of it in some part of colder region here in the PH but very RARELY.. eating dog here in PH is vanishing or fading away but there still and their hidden...because they can go to jail by doing that...

[@Somm_RJ]

The host probably wants to say largest island nation birdering another country. Indonesia borders Brunei and Malaysia in island and borders East Timor in 1 island. Philippines is completely isolated island country. Filipinos learn English early in school. That does not mean it is used in everyday conversation, at least verbally. It's on the TV, the newspaper, in songs, in the government, in street signages, etc. So, almost all Filipinos understands and knows English, just don't speak with it everyday. That can be a reason why some are hesitant to talk to a foreigner.

[@gbetterful]

Wahaha we don’t eat dog.. i never heard of that

[@ryugorospe6994]

Honestly speaking. We filipino speak with in respact way that others can understand.but for some reason..first im asking for apology if im being rude im just letting it out my own oppinion. Some foreign really speak in rude way. For some reason its natural for them. To us filipino before we speak we need to consider others perspective in short we think before we speak.one thing more if we know we can put them in awkward situations we rather keep silent that spoke nonsense .because we are always considerate towards other people think that we don’t know how to speak English or other languages… I’m just want to share my thoughts..✌🏼 I’m a big fan of you two. Thank you for hard work!!

[@kenzogiltendez4465]

We have animal law in the Philippines to punish all will do cruelty or kill an animal except for pigs, chicken, cow and we don't eat dogs it is only a practice in some indegenous tribes and some people in rural areas.

[@amporu]

TBH, there are still people out there eating dogs as "pulutan" all over the philippines, mostly secretly and are mostly drunkards lol

[@markdwaynedelapena9898]

In Philippines it's legal to eat dog they get arrested

[@jessicaal415]

Phezz, you as a Mexican knows Julio Cezar Chavez (?). Not the boxer but the farmer, lol. Please look up the first farm worker to reach out to him. Search the Delano Grape strike and the name Larry Itliong. 👍🏼