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?
Lol! It’s common knowledge that bisaya people speak good english coz they normally opt to speak english than filipino. Mr. Mar, please reflect on your actions
Overreacting…..
first time ko mg comment dito…maraming taon na ang mga nkalipas ginagawa parin nilang katatawanan ang mga bisaya..pra sakin as bisaya never ako tumawa sa joke na matigas magsalita,cguro yung nag comment dito na OK lng yung joke ni Mr.Roxas kasi Hindi cla mga bisaya at hindi cla ma oofeend ..and to think nasa isang unibersidad sya wla sa lugar ang joke nya…pra nmn ginawa nyang tanga ang mga estudyante at mga guro dun..marami ang na offend maraming ang nagalit…wrong move Mr.Roxas
Mar, Cebuano’s are better at English than Manileño’s. You’re just ruining your chances of winning. Good luck sa daang matuwid
patay ka diha!