I voted for Noynoy & Mar. I want Pnoy’s administration to succeed. I continue to support him despite the fact that I feel that the Liberal Party is inutile. But that’s not the point of this article. This is about Kris Aquino’s latest tv ad.
Baby James asks Kris, “What’s siksik Mama”? And then later, “What’s sulit Mama”? Kris replies to the latter question, “It’s getting more than what you paid for”.
Implications.
The presidential nephew does not know Filipino. He is asking in English about the meaning of basic Filipino words. Shame on us.
And then the jugular.
“Getting more than what you paid for” maybe a good approach for commercial advertisement. But it has a very bad implication for a presidency that prides itself with its advocacy for transparency and accountability.
Certainly, in a country where businessmen and politicians connive to rob the poor, getting more than what you pay for is a recipe for corruption.
2 comments:
I was about to write the same comment for the ad.. and there I found your blog.. :D
What is "sulit," Mama? . . . Sulit means "It’s getting more than what you paid for" . . . That's "dugas," Mama
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