Oh My , We Will Soon Be Nose Bleeding !
@SIMPLYD (90717)
Philippines
June 1, 2016 10:20pm CST
Relative to our mall manager’s reassignment to their home office in Manila soon , the replacements were introduced after our Management committee meeting last Tuesday morning .
Yes, they are a tandem . The lady was a Russian while the man was a Portuguese . And they are so young , just 25 year olds . Gosh , they are both so good looking . I was told by my boss that they are sweethearts .
They also seem amiable , because they speak enthusiastically and always have a big smile on their faces .
But they can’t speak our language , Tagalog . They can only speak their native tongue and English .
We are all joking in the office that when they finally work with us , we will always have nose bleed ( a term for finding difficulty in speaking fluent English ) .
Let’s see , if I will have nose bleed . 
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
Speak in Tagalog so that they will have nosebleed too hahaha! Sila lang ba ang marunong? LOL!
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
@sunrisefan Not exactly . Maybe like when an employee is getting irritated with them getting demanding , they can grumble something like "nakakainis itong bababeng ito " (this girl is irritating ) 
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
@SIMPLYD hahaha1 That's backbiting now LOL!
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
because she sounds like a foreigner now
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
i feel you my lady. nose bleed now. hahaha!1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
3 Jun 16
@ridingbet Yeah , i agree , my dear . But let's just be discreet with that fact because there are others from Asia here. 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
3 Jun 16
@SIMPLYD no ah! we should not be defeated in speaking English even for a long time. after all, we Filipinos are the best English speakers in southeast Asia (what i heard).
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@toniganzon (77137)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
I'm sure you won't have any nose bleeding to speak of. I believe we can speak English better than them.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
Well, honestly , i know i won't . My officemates were kidding me that i should just speak for them .
@toniganzon (77137)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
@SIMPLYD most Filipinos have this misconception that all white people are better at speaking English than us. They're not Americans nor are they British...so your officemates need not worry about a thing or be conscious of how to speak with them. Remember, we are in our native land. In no time, they'll be learning our own language so they won't be out of place.
When I was in Bangkok, all foreigners who went there had to learn to speak Thai. I think it's about time we do the same to those foreigners in our country.
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
@toniganzon That's exactly what i told them . They too have English as their second language so it doesn't mean that they can speak it so fluently also .
Really , foreigners should learn how to speak Thai when they go there . Oh , that will be difficult for me.
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
Really . He is so cool . And i hope he doesn't go into trouble with that .
@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
4 Jun 16
When I first heard Filipinos saying "nose bleed" , I didn't understand what they meant .. We din't have "nose bleeds" in the 70s when I was living over there..
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
7 Jun 16
@epiffanie Korak ! See, i sued a Filipino gay lingo .
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@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
6 Jun 16
@SIMPLYD yeah .. hahah! I am sometimes lost when I'm over there listening to people's conversation especially the young ones..
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
3 Jun 16
@ida123 Actually , they really have to know Tagalog because all of us here speaks it and will be speaking it when by ourselves only . So for them to know what we are talking about when by ourselves , they should really try to learn speaking and understanding it . 
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
2 Jun 16
Is nose bleeding a slang? At the start,by it I understand it means"get a bloody nose".
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
you seem to always have foreign bosses, like an international company 
i'm sure they won't mind/will understand if you ask them to clarify what they said.
i'm sure they won't mind/will understand if you ask them to clarify what they said.1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
This is since last year when the owner of the affiliates hired a management group to manage his companies. And that company is run by foreigners thus the employees are also foreigners .
Yes, i always clarify if ever i don't understand what they are saying . It's better to be clear on everything .
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
Just speak with your heart, sometimes it comes out naturally. I remember one time my cousin from boston came here to visit, i had trouble speaking at him directly i tend to startle. please don't take behind their back, they expect you to be good at them.
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@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
@SIMPLYD Because they trust you and I've heard and read how our people talk behind their backs, which was always awful.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
You'll find it easy to speak English if you are using it always. So no more nosebleeds! ha ha ha!
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@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
Precisely that's how it is . But if you seldom speak it , you will have a hard time speaking it . Nose bleed !
