Wednesday, December 8, 2010

NASANGKOT- cool word learned from a not so conventional place

NASANGKOT!


A very harsh cool word. I usually hear this in cases involving a violent murder or any heavy crime but I never expected to see it in a simple car accident. WAIT car accident implies something big like a crash... a better term is a CAR MISHAP.


I was intrigue by the word NASANGKOT. I even said to the police officer "wow ang harsh naman ng term na NASANGKOT". The policeman answered "tagalog iyon ng INVOLVED".  It was then that I was hit with the realization that Filipino words sound more dramatic than they really are. HAHAHA.I don't know why but that is how I perceive the Filipino language to be... OVERLY DRAMATIC. just like its people. SOOOOO DRAMATIC.


BUT WAIT. what was I doing at a Police Station....

3 comments:

  1. haha! ay aba oo 'te di hamak naman na talagang makapagbagbag-damdamin ang mga salita ng wika sa ating lupang sinilangan. :>

    at bakit ka nga pala nasangkot sa mga pangyayaring ito? at paano mo nawari ang mga pagmmumuni-muni mong ito? istasyon ng pulis? anong kaganapan iyon?

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  2. That is why we should implement the Intellectualization of Filipino (language)!!! YAY! (research ko yan sa En12)

    --lance

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  3. @Mic :)) nako tunay ngang ako ay nagulantang sa aking realisasyon. :)))) LOL XD

    @Lance. UHH.... PRO-ENGLISH ako :P :))) you know why, right?

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