BZ
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
Philippines
March 8, 2018 9:23pm CST
Happy Friday morning to us all, how is everybody?
Well, what you read in the title of my discussion is correct. BZ, as in BUSY.
Why BZ? It is because that is how many of the Filipinos pronounce the word BUSY, giving more emphasis on the –SY as Z.
“Go, ahead, I am still BZ with my work”, is a common expression in our national language.
A ’multi-media star’, in her commercial advertisement, also stresses the word EVEN as “EEEEEVEN” after ‘pawis’ (sweat). This is the ad for Ariel laundry soap.
A comedian here also stresses some words that contestants mispronounce. An example is PRONUNCION for ‘pronunciation’. I also wonder why ‘pronunciation’ is sometimes pronounced as ‘proNOUNciation’.
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@LadyDuck (457412)
• Switzerland
9 Mar 18
@ridingbet The British pronunciation is a lot different from American and every American State has a distinctive pronunciation. A New Yorker has a very different pronunciation from someone from California, or Texas.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
10 Mar 18
@LadyDuck there are different twangs or accents in every region of the United States, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, and UK that is why maybe there are different pronunciations for each word
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
9 Mar 18
With the U in the British vocabulary, is a word therefore pronounced differently with emphasis on the U? Like favor pronounced as FEYVOUR?
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
9 Mar 18
Good day to you. Yes I believe that some Filipinos do pronounce busy as BZ. Even here with doctors and other health professionals. So, do you think if a Filipino pronounces that way in an English-speaking country, won't he be discriminated?
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@DianneN (246334)
• United States
9 Mar 18
@ridingbet I pronounce it the same way.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
10 Mar 18
@JustBhem i cannot watch evening shows because i have my duty. i only check them out on iwantvdotcom. right now, i just finished watching 'hanggang saan'.
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
9 Mar 18
@ridingbet
I'm doing fine. I just woke up after watching the teleserye Bagani. Have you seen it?
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
10 Mar 18
i think the native English speakers do have some loopholes with their pronunciation or maybe spelling, but when we listen to them communicating, we are always in awe. 
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
15 Mar 18
@rheicel i totally agree and i still find it good though, that we who are not native English speakers want a near-to-correct-and-perfect English grammar and spelling so those we teach will not be bashed when they speak erroneous grammar and misspell words.
have you read a ranting post on Face book about a Filipina who bashed a call center agent who spoke wrong English grammar and yet, she also spoke wrong grammar as well?
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@rheicel (7068)
• Philippines
12 Mar 18
@ridingbet Yes, native English speakers often say that grammar and spelling are not important for them as long as you convey your message properly they don't mind.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
30 May 18
We are busy po but I wonder how one person is not busy but putting all of her time in mylot?
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
31 May 18
hija, maybe she has the best time management to be in this site even though she is in her workplace?
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
2 Jun 18
@mlgen1037 but i see you have time being here, right? that means you can manage your time from working and mylotting.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
31 May 18
@ridingbet hahaha. I wonder how I can manage my time too. I am not good in that category as everything goes spontaneously.
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@allen0187 (58438)
• Philippines
10 Mar 18
As long as people undestand you, it shouldn't be a problem.
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@allen0187 (58438)
• Philippines
11 Mar 18
@ridingbet
They want to eeeeemmmmmmmmphasize their words!
They want to eeeeemmmmmmmmphasize their words!1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
15 Mar 18
@allen0187 yes i totally agree. and there are some Filipino artists, like Bela Padilla who speaks the British accent si fluently.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
10 Mar 18
hmm, that is why there are many Filipino parents who prefer to teach their kids on the English language and not our Filipino language.
@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
9 Mar 18
I also pronounce those words like "biz-zee" and "ee-ven". Or is there even extra emphasis?
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