Fear not the Jejemons!
Imagine my new role: Reyna Elena, La Kapita de’l Barrio Siete, defender of Jejemon rights! Bwahaha!!! But don’t laugh now. In fact, I’ve been labeled as a Jejemon already.
Jejemons are called the new jologs, labeled as people of inferior mentality. If they are of inferior intellect, then how in the world were they able to invent and be creative with a brand new language of their own? And if you’re a jejemon hater, show your prowess of superior intellect by translating their language. Care for a challenge?
Like our reader Kutz here from Arizona, an MBA student, holding her bag full of passports, birth certificates, naturalization papers, drivers license, diplomas and 2 x 2 ID’s safely tacked in her belt, just in case she be subjected to racial profiling in Arizona says:
There are underlying reasons why language evolves, and we cannot fight these reasons. We cannot fight the Jejemons. It’s a natural evolution of the language. Language is alive and will constantly evolve whether we like it or not. Can you imagine how Shakespeare must have felt when we started talking in this english instead of his:
“O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason. Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,And I must pause till it come back to me.”
Remember the gay language, swardspeak, badingerzie, gay lingo or vaklush language?
Are you with me?
This is a language that used to be exclusive to gays but look how it has crawled into our daily conversation, which actually transformed our dull Filipino English into a humorous language truly defining us Filipinos as fun-loving and humorous people. Agree? I bet you, even people at the Dep’t of Education are doing the chorvaloo.
Do you know how it all started? It’s a code so that we would not be understood for fear of retaliation by being constantly harassed, intimidated and discriminated by a population full of gay haters during those times when gays were not fully accepted as members of our society.
Did it destroy our society?
Did it bring wanton destruction to our nation?
Did it bring unspeakable shame to our schools and universities?
I’m not here to advocate the jejemon language in schools and universities. I’m sure they are very much aware of the language demarcation line – what to use where and when.
Fear not the jejemons and their jejemon language. Let it be. Free speech. Instead, why not throw it as a research subject in linguitics studies? I’d be very happy to find out how this brand new pop culture came into being and why it became a phenomenon. There must be an underlying factor to this Filipino culture, like what Kutz from Arizona said, with her bag full of ID’s safely tucked in her belt Hahaha!!!
So, I say:
Fear not mga acheng sa Dep’t Ed. Wag kau iritadetch. Kalurkey kau. Stop nyo na ang mga ka-eklavuhan na to. Mag-counting man kayo nang kemerloo, wez nyo ma-chorva ang mga jejemons dahil ang mga anek anek nilang echos are actually a sign of creativity and high intellect.
Now, go find a way to divert that creativity to pull the country out of our miserable state. Who knows? Maybe one of them will come up with a new Einstein formula.
Tse!
Hey! You know what I forgot? The CONYO SPEAK! Oh, say nyo?
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reynz is one Uragon and a Filipino-American, has many years of public accounting & auditing, broadcast investments, housing tax credits and equity investments as his background. Based in the US, he maintains his personal and humor blog at reyna elena dot com. A graduate of Aquinas U, he went to GWU and Temple U in the United States.
~Apir, apir, apir.
Hindi na uso yan.
Wisik wisik na lang.
Talbog sila ng jejemon.~
Hahaha!
Achieve na achieve!
oo! super-international achievement dahil pati si beiber nakiki-jejemon na rin LOL
http://www.pinoytumblr.com/post/568917507/pati-si-justin-beiber-ay-nakiki-jejemon-na-din
Yan ang hindi ko maintindihan sa mga Jejemon haters. As in, OA na sila sa pagka hate na meron pang motto na Kill ‘em All Jejemon. As if hindi tao ang mga pinatatamaan nila.
Naalala ko tuloy nung nakipag away ako sa isang isang officemates about Jejemons.
Language is alive. Kung useless ang jejespeak eh kusa rin itong madededbol. Bakit yung Conyo speak hindi sobrang OA ang hatred?
eggsaktimo! that’s pro’lly one of the reason why jejelanguage evolved sa pagkainis sa conyo speak, besides if you hear the arguments, jejemon language is of inferior mentality while conyo speak is well… you know. it’s a competition hehe that’s how i see it. to each his/her own.
Isang shorthaqnd language lang ang jejemon lingo. Pinaikling mga words, parang stenography! Kaya simulan ang integration ng jejemon language sa kolehiyo! Down with the stenography, go jejemon!!! Start the petition, now na!
i am with you on this ‘daaaay!
sa totoo lang, it’s elites vs jologs lang naman talaga yan. in short…social demarcation. while i don’t really like jejemons, i think they’re here to stay kaya let’s just be happy for them je je je je
@ ateng kutz, alam mo ba, fave subject ko noon ang stenography hahhaha (ano baah, ang ageeee!!!)
Gurlll, inabot mo na ang steno na yan? Magka generation siguro ang atung mga alindog, AHHAHAHAYY!!! Wiz ko na eskwelahan yan formally pero nakikita ko yung mga bulate sa notbuk nga mga ka friendshipan ko. Wa ko type. Siguro kung naimbento na ang jejemon language nung araw, baka jejemon class na lang inenrol ko, jajajajaja!
my brother was a stenographer sa isang RTC hahaa
oo ateng! can you believe it, naging teacher pa ako ng stenography!! JEJEJEJE at yan ang gamit ko pag nagsusulat ako sa diary ko ’til college jejejje
Hahhahah…malen! I use the MANOK-GRAPHY.
As in KINAIG NG MANOK ang aking penmanship. Hahha. Para na ding stenography kong sarili. Hhahahah
That’s creativity all right, but if a 10-year old kid is an expert at jeje writing but fails every spelling quiz, that doesn’t sound good anymore.
Just a thought. ^_^
that’s true. that kid need to be taught what, where and when to use jejemon language. The kid must be taught to understand clearly the rules of the games in schools.
True, that’s disturbing, indeed. But if I have a ten year old child who cannot spell, I will take it upon myself as a parent to make sure that he/she learn how to spell. Tutukan nyo ang anak nyo… Huwag nating sisihin ang buong sistema dahil kapabayaan ng iilang magulang. We need to stop putting the accountability on the legislation and the government as a whole. We need to hold the parents accountable for their children’s education.
Subukan ninyong pumunta sa mga chinese schools – in general, the kids there are brilliant! They learn from the very early age how to read and write and spell correctly in English, Filipino, and in Mandarin, the national language of mainland China. I don’t know about you but I have seen the chinese characters and they are far more complicated than the jejemon lingo. Pero natuto pa rin naman ng tamang pagbabay ang mga batang nag aaral sa Chinese Schools… Why? Because their parents hold them accountable for it. So, is it the fault of the jejemon language or the fault of the parents? *bzing!*
flangaaana! ikaw Ateng ang dapat na maging DepEd Secretary! jejeje
Plokokokok! Jejemon ang medyum ob instrakshun kung sakali!
U nid2 l3rn2 ryt ds wei, jejejeje.
Kaya nga..build on the fundamentals muna. Then kung tipo nilang gumamit ng jejemon, why not chocnut di ba? Basta ang important rudiments e dapat ma-retain.
Tama yung sinabi ni Monz. Nakakadisturb yan. Kung ako ngang nakakabasa ng essays (na galing pa mismo sa tertiary students) na talagang lagpak sa language tapos yung student na yun e magaling sa jeje writing, I’ll be very concerned. Dapat di lang teacher ang maconcern but also the parent as well.
We always go back to the rudiments davah?
the thing is, lagi sa lansangan ang mga kabataan natin. sanay silang makarining at maka encounter ng jejemon and slang languages pati mga mura. therefore yon ang natututunan nila bago pa man sila matuto sa eskwelahan. we cannot stop these languages to evolve and actually ++++ yan if you know these languages. parang natuto ka na rin ng french diva? pero sana our children will be able to know atleast the basics of proper languages.
honestly masakit sa ulo if you’re a teacher…
try understanding this.
first thing i proud and that philippines is so beauty.
The idea is there. Then use that as an example and have them point out what the rules are. Group your students into 3′s or 4′s, have them offer a suggestion on how to correct the sentence or turn it into a better one. Let the groups identify the grammar rules violated by these sentences such as; 1. Sentences should always begin with a capital letter, or 2. The pronoun “I” must not be written in a small letter, etc.
Sometimes, we all see the mistake in the students but we fail at correcting them in a way that sinks in. I would rather group my kids into 3′s and let them correct two sentences in front of the class than pore over hundreds of essays and correct them one by one. You can’t pay me enough to do that! That is a total waste of energy! How many of our kids really read their essays after the teacher gives it back to them? MOst students care about the grade that we got and that’s it.
Jejemon Song! http://www.gameops.net/2010/05/jejemon-song.html
agree aketch sa u Kamahalan! jajajajajajajaja!!!!
Sing it !!!!!
Pen pen de chorvaloo
De kemerloo de eklavoo
Hao hao de chenelyn de big yuten
Sfriti dapat iipit
Goldness filak chumochorva
Sa tabi ng chenes
Shoyang fula, talong na fula
Shoyang fute, talong na mafute
Chuk chak chenes, namo uz ek
Oh say nyo! ayan na mudra super crayola akong naghandog nang awitin.
hahaha! now I am singing it like crazy hehe
Oh my goodness, gracious…please…please…please stop making justification that language evolves. Come on people, I know that you can think better than that and I wish that your kids are smart enough to understand your reasoning.
Jejemon is WRONG and MUST be STOP IMMEDIATELY…read this first then you decide if this is good for the Filipino image.
Jejemon
1) Usually seen around social networking sites such as Friendster and Multiply, jejemons are individuals with low IQs who spread around their idiocy on the web by tYpFing LyK diZS jejejeje, making all people viewing their profile raise their eyebrows out of annoyance.”
Source: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=jejemon
Other countries are browsing the internet everyday and some of you are making justification even the image of some Filipinos are becoming worse. Unbelievable mentality.
hahaha! calm down! you cannot stop them hehe! gawing subject in college, palitan ang stenography if you know what i mean.
sabi nga nun friendship:
our society has enough check and balance for jejemons.
1.) consistently use the language and be prepared to stay forever in Grade 1
2.) consistently use the language and prepare to be unemployed forever.
i’m sure matatauhan den ang mga yan.
korek ka jan reynz.jejeje. dapat pa nga e jejemon na lahat at gawing international ito. baka maglaho ang mga chinese, japanese, arabic at thai sa mundo!!! Now, who is jejemon literate? ABNKKBSKPL= aba, nakakabasa ka pala? yeyeye
Daryl-
Why is jejemon lingo wrong? Why do we have to stop it? What is wrong with it? Show us any single reliable research that correlates low achievement in school to jejemon lingo. Or give us a link to any single research linking jejemon to why our country is still in deep shit right now. Then you convince me.
Language evolves, Daryl… it is not something I made up to justify jejemon lingo. If you are not convinced, just read books that are published in the 1700 or 1800′s…Or if you’re too lazy to do that, watch films circa 1940′s and then watch another one circa 2000′s. You’ll see. Kahit sa Filipino movies lang, hindi mo makikita si Paraluman o Gloria Romero na magbibitaw ng dialog na may kahalong “ek ek” o “Chorvalu” or “now na!”
Jejemon language is comparable to ‘kolehiyala language’or ‘gay lingo’.
Tingin ko wala namang masama sa paggamit ng mga jejemon language pero dapat medyo may kontrol. Huwag namang gamitin sa ‘text’ or sa ‘school’ kasi nakakahilo…hahaha…
Personal experience: I have a niece who texted me in jejemon. Nahilo ang lowla Snow ninyo…hahaha…
> J3jem0N is a written language, make sure not to pronounce the “silent” characters.
> J3jem0N makes our passwords strong and secure. It makes my wordpress login hacker-free.
> J3jem0N is Filipino’s attempt to use silent letters in our words.
o ayan, wag na kayong mabahala!