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language wars

A collection of 22 Posts

Iligan Madrasah Grads Sit the Same Entrance Test and Get Sent Back a Year post image
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Iligan Madrasah Grads Sit the Same Entrance Test and Get Sent Back a Year

by Paolo Aquino
PhiLSAT Comes Back in 2026 and the Verbal Reasoning Section Reads Like a Manila Accent Test post image
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PhiLSAT Comes Back in 2026 and the Verbal Reasoning Section Reads Like a Manila Accent Test

by Isabel Castro
A Year Into the Mother Tongue Rollback, Waray and Hiligaynon Teachers Are Torching Their Own Modules post image
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A Year Into the Mother Tongue Rollback, Waray and Hiligaynon Teachers Are Torching Their Own Modules

by Paolo Aquino
The Bandung Landlord Quotes One Price in Dutch and Another After You Switch to Sundanese post image
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The Bandung Landlord Quotes One Price in Dutch and Another After You Switch to Sundanese

by Miguel Torres
Sabah Teachers Translate Bahasa Sug Under the Desk While the Lesson Plan Insists on Malay post image
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Sabah Teachers Translate Bahasa Sug Under the Desk While the Lesson Plan Insists on Malay

by Paolo Aquino
The Accent Rubric Outlived the Client Who Wrote It post image
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The Accent Rubric Outlived the Client Who Wrote It

by Maria Garcia
Seminyak Villa Staff Spend Sunday Off Learning Mandarin Phrases for Free post image
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Seminyak Villa Staff Spend Sunday Off Learning Mandarin Phrases for Free

by Paolo Aquino
Boracay Resorts Post Jobs in Mandarin and Korean Before Aklanon Workers See the Listing post image
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Boracay Resorts Post Jobs in Mandarin and Korean Before Aklanon Workers See the Listing

by Carlo Cruz
YouTube's Algorithm Hears Whispered Tagalog and Calls It Noise post image
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YouTube's Algorithm Hears Whispered Tagalog and Calls It Noise

by Ana Santos
Mangyan Kids Walk Three Hours to a Classroom Where Nobody Speaks Hanunuo post image
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Mangyan Kids Walk Three Hours to a Classroom Where Nobody Speaks Hanunuo

by Paolo Aquino
The AI Detector Flagged Her Thesis. It Also Flagged the Professor's Syllabus. post image
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The AI Detector Flagged Her Thesis. It Also Flagged the Professor's Syllabus.

by Paolo Aquino
QC High Schoolers Tag Their TikToks in Tagalog So the Algorithm Stops Burying Them post image
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QC High Schoolers Tag Their TikToks in Tagalog So the Algorithm Stops Burying Them

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by Paolo Aquino