THAT day many years ago, the lovely Filipina guest on local TV spoke English so fluently and so persuasively that I felt like clapping and cheering as she said her lines. If most Filipino TV talk show hosts and newscasters could speak with such polished English diction, with no affectation of a pseudo-foreign twang or drawl, they would be the perfect role models for our English-challenged countrymen.
Midway through the Filipina guest's spiel, however, I heard a word that ended my daydream. "Irregardless of what happened during this awards night," she said with fervor, "the members of the movie industry should forget their differences and close ranks so they can move forward."
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