POST-SABBATICAL NOTES. 17 AUG 2014. SUNDAY. N1. Fact Number 1: Filipino is not an imposition of Imperial Manila The truth is, this San Juan guy [Philippine Daily Inquirer, 17 Aug 2014] does not know his facts: 1. First, it is not Filipino, but Tagalog. 2. The list of who constitutes the INL does not prove the point that Tagalog was not imposed. 3. He needs to read the Proceedings of the 1934-1935 Constitutional Assembly, and understand the spirit of the debate, and understand too, the abracadabra that happened in the insertion of the phrase as the basis. 4. He slants the issue: Filipino, today, is an imposition of the hegemonic center, his Manila and Bulacan (the latter where he is from?) and the facts of the case are clear. 5. The national artist, Rolando Tinio (from Nueva Ecija) admits this abracadabra which this San Juan denies to death. He is not honest. He must read, Where English Fails 6. He needs to understand the account--the hidden motives--why Quezon wanted the national language so much, with his idea of national language culled from Spain, France, Germany, England, and later on, Italy. He must read, this San Juan guy. 7. He needs to understand that Quezon, when he went to the Ilocos, when he gave as speech at Letran College, when he went to the Visayas, has talked about a national language which is his own Tagalog. He was so incensed why he needed an interpreter to talk to his own people. Ah, he could have used English, right? WPH/
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 17:13:37 +0000
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