Roy wrote:
> Hely lady !
> Philippines was under the American rule for half a century and your
> educational system is similar to the Americans and their type of
> English is a second language to you.Then how come you cannot even
> speak english in your message?

The quality of English-education in the Philippines has fallen
greatly--especially in the last 20 or so years. In addition, it's really
only the privileged who can speak English very well, and there are (as a
percentage) comparatively few of them. Even the (perhaps now former) US
ambassador to the Philippines very recently lamented the decline of English
in the Philippines.

rona

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