Is Pacquiao articulate?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by demigawd, Nov 18, 2010.


  1. demigawd

    demigawd Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It's easy to assume a person is stupid or inarticulate when speaking a second language, and a lot of people assume Pacquiao is dumb for that reason, but I was always curious as to how he comes across in his native Tagalog. Any speakers of the language care to comment on what he's like in native interviews?
     
  2. Reilence

    Reilence Grepolis Mania Full Member

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    Pac's second language is Tagalog and he is quite good. Pac speaks cebuano first and then Tagalog.
     
  3. Casa

    Casa Flomo Pactard Full Member

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    He comes off exactly the same in Tagalog. With the "uhhhs," "ahhhs" and long pauses. Stereotypical Filipinos aren't articulate, even in there own language, because they're not verbose and just keep everything simple. So it's hard to be articulate or specific, like a lot of people want Pac to speak in English, when your vocabulary just isn't that big.
     
  4. demigawd

    demigawd Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Interesting. So how does he come across in Cebuano? does he really seem like someone who could give a speech that moves people, or hold a policy debate or a topic?
     
  5. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Pac's come a LONG way, d. Wasn't able to understand or speak a word of English when he first came to train at Wild Card as 122-pounder.
     
  6. Jazzo

    Jazzo Non-Facebook Fag Full Member

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    Even in English he is more articulate than Palin, so I would not worry about him as a politician.
     
  7. bandido

    bandido The Black Bandit Full Member

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    no, i don't think he is articulate even in his native language.
     
  8. DobyZhee

    DobyZhee Loyal Member

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    I'll tell you what...his public speaking has improved alongside his boxing skills. He's worked a lot and I give him another 10 years being a congressman and an ambassodor to the sport, he'll almost be speaking good english. But the filipino accent will always be there.
     
  9. Peppermint

    Peppermint Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Manny learned conversational english amazingly fast. i dont know why he was being subtitled in 24/7, I thought that was odd.
     
  10. doomeddisciple

    doomeddisciple Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I work next to a lady from the PHilipines and I asked her what she thought.

    She said he's very humble and not the best speaker of all time, and then she said, "But what man is that has had about 60 pro boxing fights?"

    It seems common sense doesn't exist on the General Board...
     
  11. DobyZhee

    DobyZhee Loyal Member

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    I think you're talking about the Mayweathers..:good
     
  12. RightCross

    RightCross Grandmaster of Boxing Full Member

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    I always thought he sounded like he has some kind of learning disability. he is an uneducated fool who got elected to congress because he is a dynamic boxer.

    For the most part boxers are very low iq people. This fact holds true for most brute sports and military people.
     
  13. Seckah

    Seckah Boxing Addict Full Member

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    My wife fam love him to def but they tell me he is a boxer so don't think he is a highly intelligent man like a José Rizal etc
     
  14. jeffjoiner

    jeffjoiner Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    English is his third language and he speaks it better than Floyd Sr.
     
  15. madkillaz692000

    madkillaz692000 Fuerte y Abundante Full Member

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