By: Judith Sindico
THE LANGUAGE (R)EVOLUTION
WARNING: Some words and expressions are difficult to comprehend. Please refer to JEJEsaurus and BEKItionary Beki : n. Filipino gay n. Men in muscular shape doing Pilates and Aero-dancing n. Boys addicted in watching ABS-CBN’s “MAGKARIBAL” and GMA’s “ MACHETE” Beki Language: n. A vernacular language derived from Englog (English-Tagalog) and Vitlog ( Visaya-Tagalog) used by Filipino Beckys. Jhejhe: n. new breed of “JOLOGS” n. Modern brand for “marginalized Filipinos” n. “April boy Regino” Fanatics JheJhe Language: n. A specialized language for JheJhemons; language that has a strange relationship with the caps lock button which is inspired by the letter “Z”. Language is considered as man’s most effective tool of communication. It gives opportunity to people to convey their feelings and ideas, to say or write about things and express their communicative needs. QUESTION: WHAT DO YOU THINK MUST BE “THE LANGUAGE OF THE MODERN FILIPINOS?” JEHJEH BOY: Eow phfoe! I wud lyke 2 ntroduz myselphf 2u ol ^_^… je.je.je… BEKIBELLS: Shempertwo! Shunganess cherveloo boom…boom??? Noribells sa sapagka understanding ng question and answer portion! JEHJEH: OFFcorzzz NHhhO! IfFFv I Wherrr 2 anzzzSwer dahhhh qwheschOn, k.k.k.k. JHEJHEMONS eiyyyynD dahhhh JHEHJE LangwuaaaaaagE rheprescentzzzz the JOLOGS peeepolll ofv RRR Cowntriizzzzz &&& Weeeh RRR dah mowdernnn Ciasmmmbolzzz ofv dah Phfilippppinoszzz…#^_^ BEKIBELSS: First of all… Olah… good evening ladies and gentlemen… Thank you for that wonderful question… Second f all I would like to say… Anikchekeli???… are you Stevie Wonder?? How can an UltraMega Supermarket Jologita boom… boombells and bobo-nikells Germibells represent the Filipino people… when you GERMibells can’t spell the word FILIPINOS!... I Thank you … Mabuhay! JEHJEH: Owww sppelinghh … weeeeh jhejhemons also lykke sppelinghhh … YUwanna trayzzz?#?? (Spell the word cellular phone) JHeJHE: SCEL…U…LHARR^^_^^PHFON… BEKIBELLS: N…Y…E…L…P…A…K!... NYELPAK! ...I thank you… Mabuhay! (Spell the word Flirtatious and use it in a sentence) BEKIBELLS: QUEM…BU…LIN Third of all… it is my pleasure to say that… I wish all… as in super duper all the QUEMBULIN VEKVEK … WHO ARE SO BETCHAKOLA OF ALL THE YUMMYBELLS OTOSHI … WILL BE ZEROWENA AS IN ZEROWENA HERE ON EARTH… that’ s all… I thank you…
JHEJHE BOY: FLURR…TEI…SHUZZZ#@@##… I zsssOwww on^_^ dahhh Flurr hizz tei N shuzzz ki.ki.ki.^-^ Language is a systematic means of communicating ideas by the use of conventionalized signs, sounds, gestures, or marks having understood meaning. (Filipinos are also good in solving mathematical equations) BEKIBELLS: KERIBELS KO YAN! GORARA…GORARA… MATH-TE-CHIWA BEKIBELLS… BEKIBELLS…WITCHIKELS…BO-BO-NI-KELS! QUESTION: There are 20 animals in the farm consisting of cows and chickens. If there are 56 legs in all, how many cows are there? JHEJHEBOY: FifvtTTy sickxxx fowrRR – tWooH x sickxxx ZevVhHHeNn ThinNN KhawwZZZzz BEKIBELLS: TENtackles X Jimaloo + Kyonem is = Chito Miranda kyuk...kyuk… Language is comparable to skills that could be enhanced, developed and measured by its efficiency and in terms of tasks completed satisfactorily. And Language elicits similar meaning in different people, and then these people understand the messages (Cabbab 1994). JHEJHEBOY: BEKIBELSS:
Zszszow hwatt nhawwW, izzzz dahhh mowdernnNN Langwuaeggg ofvv dahh Phfilipihonozzzzzzzzzzzz???***/// koracha boom boom bells…Witichikeli bam bambini summer fresh cologne, akechiwang shoshoyagels that this not so RICHekela frog will be the champion of the world!
Language is intrinsically dynamic and the meanings are in people. It is the internal reaction of human beings to their environment. People can modify and interpret it, but they cannot find the meanings in the unattached words. These sets o f words consist the verbal codes. Each code is defined as a “systematic arrangement or a comprehensive collection of symbols, letters or words that have been arbitrary meaning and are used for communication”(Wike 1988). A symbol or a code typifies something but it does not necessarily resemble the thing it typifies. The code or the word is not the thing. People who use these codes to communicate and express what they feel, encode and put meanings to the codes. While people who listen to it and receive it decode or assign meanings to it. Many people thought of language as a gift, which makes life easier. For if one can use these codes and symbols in expressing their thoughts and opinions it may bring unity and peace to a nation. But ironies in life are inevitable, codes and symbols are not just used to communicate but it also gives birth to social distinction, segregating those with rights and those who have none. Remember, if we were to use language to express what we think and feel or to simply communicate effectively “ we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive that world and should use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others”.( Anthony Robbins) Meaning is what communication is about and meanings are in us and not in the words that are with us. *Models | Jomel Mandingiado BS801e and Jennifer Salon HR201A