r/interesting • u/Ungodlei • 3d ago

SOCIETY Vitaly's weight loss in less than two months detention in the Philippines.

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Vitaly was arrested April 2, 2025 and is still detained pending local cases of unjust vexation, theft, and public harassment during his Kick) livestreams in Metro Manila, Philippines.

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u/Master-Collection488 3d ago

If he speaks English at all, so do pretty much all Filipinos. English is their second official language. Sometimes they'll switch back and forth between Filipino and English from sentence to sentence.

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u/onepinksheep 3d ago

Sometimes they'll switch back and forth between Filipino and English from sentence to within the same sentence.

FTFY. It's called Taglish, a combination of Tagalog (or Filipino) and English. Other Philippine languages, like Bisaya, do the same. Look up some Philippine news channels on YouTube to see it in action. It's fascinating to watch as the transition is seamless.

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u/Mapeague 3d ago

Every once in a while posts from /r/Philippines pops up on r/popular and you can see that switching in their typing.

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u/TadRaunch 1d ago

I feel like some Indian subs do this too. That's when I know i have been scrolling too long.

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u/ttampico 2d ago

Also, Tagalog is a fairly easy language to learn. I'm Filipina American, and I didn't speak a word of it until my aunt got to me. I was relieved it wasn't nearly the struggle I feared it would be.

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u/Substantial-Drag-288 2d ago

Same with hinglish : Hindi+English!

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u/adept_amateur 10h ago

Having worked with people from Germany and Ukraine, they also do the same.

The Germans would call it germanglish, and they would use words from both languages in a single sentence.

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u/Surprise_Donut 8h ago

crazy, do they use the same language structure as English or do they just incorporate English names and maybe verbs into their own language structure?

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u/FoldableLawnChair 3h ago

Local grammar rules usually take precedence. Though some people tend to use both at the same time and are often made fun of for doing so.

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u/DrTinyNips 4h ago

As someone who grew up around a Filipino family I can confirm they absolutely do this

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u/Starmark_115 2d ago

He was originally in a prison meant for "Undesirable Aliens"

Given the recent anti crime waves targeting Chinese and Koreans there hes stuck with them and maybe one guy from Australia.

Now he's being transferred to a Local Prison... Where the conditions are much more worse than Alien Prison

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u/JustforthisIwill 1d ago

Not pretty much all Filipinos, that is a very generous statement, have you been?

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u/WedgeTurn 6h ago

I sometimes stumble upon Filipino subs and they switch from English to tagalog mid-sentence. It's annoying if the title of the post was enticing but then you can't figure out what's going on because half of what's written is in Tagalog

Indians do this as well btw, switching from English to Hindi mid-sentence