Mar Roxas visited the University of San Jose–Recoletos (USJR), a private university in Cebu last November 12, 2015. He discussed his impending plans for the Philippines, as expected from a presidential candidate. However, Mar Roxas apparently joked by pronouncing “step by step” as “isteep bay isteep,” trying to do a Visayan accent impression. This was taken as a “bad joke” by his audience — a university with outstanding English speakers.
Kristian Caumeran corrected, “Sir, the Visayan term for “step by step” is “ginagmay’ng lakang.” He added, “But since you came from a superior dialect, we’ll just let this pass.”
Ms. Jessa deemed Roxas as, “such an arrogant person.” She also said that Mar Roxas was the first ever politician who made fun of the way they speak in English.
Do you think Mar Roxas’ joke was out of line? What do you think about this issue?
To remind all non-Cebuano, or non-Bisaya, people out there, the MAJOR medium of instruction in classrooms here is English hence the superior capability of this region (Visayas-Mindanao) to converse and express themselves in English. Visayan-speaking Filipinos might have a hard tongue in pronouncing Tagalog (and I insist using that term, instead of “Filipino”) words, it does not necessarily apply to English.
I’m sorry if your “joke” was not well received by the Cebuanos as a joke. In short, it was just EPIC FAIL.
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Wag n iboto yan binu bully nga Nya ung mga kbaro Nya wl ring kwenta yan pg manalo just like his boss… Babaw ng kligayahan ng taong pgtawanan ang pagiging bisaya wlang masama s tonong bisaya d yan nkakamatay….
Plastic yan si Mar roxas, sa ngiti pa lang, hilaw kaau pagkaluto, hahaha. ipamigay mo na MAR ang malaking kita nyu sa YOLANDA funds,,…. wala kayung hiya, pera na dapat para sa tao kayu nakinabang, Buisit, pwehhhh!!!!
Naku… nasaan na yung mga script nya