Writer and literary editor Mark Angeles took it to his Facebook account his two cents about the issue, along with a photo of Jenny.
Screencap from Mark Angeles
“Here is my two cents. Jenny, the Filipina whose “You’re road.” went viral last week, hails from Urdaneta City, Pangasinan. I saw a YouTube video where she spoke Ilocano to a relative of hers. We laugh at her accent we laugh at how most of the Ilocanos (and other Filipinos) struggle to speak English, especially those who are impoverished and undereducated.
The joke is on us. We laugh because we think Jenny is a good-for-nothing. But she takes offense. And she speaks her mind. She fights back. We hear her say, “You’re rude! You’re acting like a kid!” Her mind shouts it in her mother tongue before she could even translate it to the language of the tyrant gods.
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READ: This literary editor’s two cents about viral meme “You’re Road”
Have you seen this meme spread around social media lately?
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The story behind this actually draws from a scene from reality TV show “90 Day Fiancé“, aired on TLC Channel. The woman is named Jenny, seen conversing with her American fiancé Larry. She calls him out for not eating the meal her family prepared for him in the Philippines, calling him out “rude”. Her Filipino accent makes “rude” sound like “road”, thus, created a debate and numerous memes amongst netizens on social media criticizing and calling out her pronunciation.
Writer and literary editor Mark Angeles took it to his Facebook account his two cents about the issue, along with a photo of Jenny.
Screencap from Mark Angeles
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Ysabel is WheninManila.com's former Desk Editor who has an eye for people, places and the stories they tell. She's currently taking her Masters at the University of the Arts - London, majoring in Arts and Lifestyle Journalism. #TravelWithYsabel everywhere here.