Any Filipinos on the forum?

[tranceformer]

Originally Posted by mrcardio

Did I say ONLY Tagalog? No, I didn't. Tagalog and English (Yes English) just so happen to be the "official" and most wide spread language of the Philippines. So chances are if you're going to flaunt your "Filipino" heritage you'll at least know the national language, customs, culture, traditions, etc. The Philippines is an archipelago of over 7000 islands so of course there are different dialects’. Yes, one can chose to be “proud” of whatever he /she wants but choosing to represent a nation you know al most nothing is beyond lame. I say if you’re so proud to be “Filipino” learn the national language, culture and actually live there for a few years at the very least. If you feel the same way after that then by all means flaunt your “Filipino Pride”! Otherwise you just look kinda silly.

I'm what they would call a "twinkie". Made in the Philippines but raised in the USA for about 90% of my life. My parents always cooked Filipino food and made friends with other Filipino families. Of course I would call them "Tito" and "Tita" even though they weren't really.

It's been decades since I could actually speak tagalog but my parents still talk (and yell) at me in tagalog but I always talk back in English, ha!

I've gone back to the Philppines a few times for vacations - I usually pick up some barrelmen and balisong knives as souvenirs.

I still consider myself Filipino, a twinkie but still Filipino. Filipino-American?