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mogo51
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I was in Lapo Lapo some years back, having breakfast, a guy from Tennessee opposite.

Asked me where I was from, answered 'Australia'.  After a 20 minute English conversation, he asked 'you all speak English in Australia'!

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Mark Berkowitz
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16 hours ago, hk blues said:

I mentioned on a previous post that it doesn't offend me when it's said in an inoffensive way. Unfortunately, it does seem to me that about 50% of the time it's said in a snidey way by kids trying to look cool in front of their buddies. It's a bit like calling a Scotsman Jock - it's all too often used in a semi-insulting way these says - or to put it another way, I'd never call a fellow Scot a jock.

This brings me back to my original question--i.e., how to you cope with it when it's said in a 'snidey' manner? Do you respond?

I usually shout back, using the same pitch and tone as what they've used, with 'Hey Juan, Mabuhay!' However, on at least one occasion, I've been tempted to say things that are much worse with the Tagalog equivalents of 4 letter Anglo-Saxon words.

 

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I wrote a song called Hey Joe, but I then discovered that it was somewhat similar to an exiting song so I dropped the idea.

Hey Joe, don't make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better
Hey Joe, don't be afraid
You were made to go out and get her
The minute you let her under your skin
Then you begin to make it better
And anytime you feel the pain, hey Joe, refrain
Don't carry the world upon your shoulders
For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
Hey Joe, don't let me down
You have found her, now go and get her
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better
So let it out and let it in, hey Joe, begin
You're waiting for someone to perform with
And don't you know that it's just you, hey Joe, you'll do
The movement you need is on your shoulder
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah yeah
Hey Joe, don't make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her under your skin
Then you'll begin to make it
Better better better better better better, oh
Nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey Joe
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55 minutes ago, mogo51 said:

I was in Lapo Lapo some years back, having breakfast, a guy from Tennessee opposite.

Asked me where I was from, answered 'Australia'.  After a 20 minute English conversation, he asked 'you all speak English in Australia'!

Now I don't care where you're from, but that, right there, is funny.

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OnMyWay
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2 minutes ago, Mike J said:

I wrote a song called Hey Joe, but I then discovered that it was somewhat similar to an exiting song so I dropped the idea.

Hey Joe, don't make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better
Hey Joe, don't be afraid
You were made to go out and get her
The minute you let her under your skin
Then you begin to make it better
And anytime you feel the pain, hey Joe, refrain
Don't carry the world upon your shoulders
For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
Hey Joe, don't let me down
You have found her, now go and get her
Remember to let her into your heart
Then you can start to make it better
So let it out and let it in, hey Joe, begin
You're waiting for someone to perform with
And don't you know that it's just you, hey Joe, you'll do
The movement you need is on your shoulder
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah yeah
Hey Joe, don't make it bad
Take a sad song and make it better
Remember to let her under your skin
Then you'll begin to make it
Better better better better better better, oh
Nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey Joe
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Nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah, hey Joe
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Dave Hounddriver
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1 hour ago, Mark Berkowitz said:

I usually shout back, using the same pitch and tone as what they've used, with 'Hey Juan, Mabuhay!'

When they say "Hey Joe"  I reply using the same pitch and tone with "Hey Phil".  That always gets a blank stare until I say "Phil the filipino" and then they give a chuckle.

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27 minutes ago, Dave Hounddriver said:

When they say "Hey Joe"  I reply using the same pitch and tone with "Hey Phil".  That always gets a blank stare until I say "Phil the filipino" and then they give a chuckle.

Dave, I really like that and I can try that when it's a face-to-face situation BUT what is your best advice for the situations where the person is speeding away on a motor into the darkness? Just ignore it?... or yell back with 'Hey Juan' (as my wife suggested)?

After all, I am onion-skinned. :hystery:

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Jack Peterson
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7 minutes ago, Mark Berkowitz said:

Dave, I really like that and I can try that when it's a face-to-face situation BUT what is your best advice for the situations where the person is speeding away on a motor into the darkness? Just ignore it?... or yell back with 'Hey Juan' (as my wife suggested)?

After all, I am onion-skinned. :hystery:

:89: Hmmmmmm Mark, I am a little concerned that you would ever be in a situation that they shout/say something to you and then Ride off.

 Filipino Face may just come if you were to take Your wife's Suggestion too many times. Should they ever get the Face and feel you Shame them, Well one never knows in this day and age, You mention "Ignore it" I would, as many times Ignorance is Bliss Why go to their level, These things can start so innocently then Fester and become a problem    JMHO

Jack:huh:

 Late Morning All :morning1:

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Mark Berkowitz
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36 minutes ago, Jack Peterson said:

:89: Hmmmmmm Mark, I am a little concerned that you would ever be in a situation that they shout/say something to you and then Ride off.

 Filipino Face may just come if you were to take Your wife's Suggestion too many times. Should they ever get the Face and feel you Shame them, Well one never knows in this day and age, You mention "Ignore it" I would, as many times Ignorance is Bliss Why go to their level, These things can start so innocently then Fester and become a problem    JMHO

Jack:huh:

 Late Morning All :morning1:

Thanks Jack! That's great advice and I'll take it.

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OnMyWay
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Here in Olongapo / Subic, I never hear "Hey Joe".  I think maybe once in 5 years.

Possibly because there are a lot of foreigners here and because of the former Navy base?  I don't know.

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