Man Bites Horse
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koganbotBeen grumbling a lot about the diarrhea sluice of likes and reblogs on Tumblr, but here I am doing the equivalent of a Tumblr reblog (h/t Dave). Been trying not to go more than three days without posting anything new on my livejournal, and this is fast and easy, while I wonder why I can't untrack myself and finally write about T-ara.
Of course, what may intrigue me most about this vid isn't the sexual and species politics but rather everybody jumping from language to language, from English to non-English — I assume to Tagalog, and maybe to some Spanish, too; I don't know. (Not to mention Horse.) Are the Philippines a fundamentally multilingual society? I don't merely mean "one with more than a single language" — I assume India's got everybody beat — but one where citizens generally shift from one language to another to a third as a matter of course, midconversation, midsentence. I'm envious, if this is the case.
Of course, what may intrigue me most about this vid isn't the sexual and species politics but rather everybody jumping from language to language, from English to non-English — I assume to Tagalog, and maybe to some Spanish, too; I don't know. (Not to mention Horse.) Are the Philippines a fundamentally multilingual society? I don't merely mean "one with more than a single language" — I assume India's got everybody beat — but one where citizens generally shift from one language to another to a third as a matter of course, midconversation, midsentence. I'm envious, if this is the case.
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Date: 2012-02-15 08:49 pm (UTC)Pretty much, yeah.
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Date: 2012-02-16 11:05 pm (UTC)Pop In The Philippines
Date: 2012-02-17 12:06 am (UTC)Dara of 2NE1 was born in Korea but grew up mostly in the Philippines, where as a teen she'd placed second on a talent show and followed with a few hit singles (wan dance pop), her career there being on the fade [at least according to what I've read] when she hooked up with Korea's YG Entertainment.
Pop In The Philippines II
Date: 2012-02-17 12:23 am (UTC)Well, checking Celebrity Ring Info, it was her teens and early twenties, with some moving back and forth.