Philippine English

*** NOTE: This was our term paper for a major subject. We delved into the phenomenon of Philippine English, specifically the mistake often committed by Filipinos, which is the use of continuous tenses for the habitual aspect. The proponents of this study are: Sergei Reyes, Stephanie Puyod, Maxine Villas, and Jewel Torotoro.

The entry is not yet finished. Below are the raw data used in the study.

APPENDIX

TABLE 1 RAW DATA

RESPONDENTS	QUESTION(S)/ ANSWER(S)
Cherry, 21 High School Graduate NCCC Mall Matina Hometown: Davao City	How often do you text your ex-boyfriend? “I rather not text my ex-boyfriend so that he wouldn’t think that I still love him.” How often do you have your haircut? “I do have my haircut twice a year.”
Karen, 23 College Level NCCC Mall Matina Hometown: Davao City	How often do you play Badminton? “Once a month. I want to play Badminton always, but my time for that don’t fit my sched..” How often do you have your haircut? “I have my haircut sched. every three months.” How often do you date? “We’ve date almost everyday. We’ve dating!”
Christian, 18 High School Graduate NCCC Mall Matina Hometown: Compostella Valley	How often do you date? “Sometimes, you know kasi, I have a lot of boyfriends.” How often do you go to the disco? “I always go to disco every night together with my friend. That way were bonding ‘cause for us, disco is my life!” How often do you join contests? “I always join dance contest in other places ‘cause I really love dance. I won. Suddenly I’m not always win.”
Brian, 24 College Level NCCC Mall Matina Hometown: Davao City	How often do you cut your hair? “I cut my haircut every once a month.” How often do you swim? “I go to swimming once a week.”
Ruby, 21 College Level NCCC Mall Matina Hometown: Davao City	How often do you watch ‘Wowowee’? “I watch ‘Wowowee’ few times a week. I only watch four times a week. Aside watching TV, I’m still working and I only watch ‘Wowowee’ in lunch break. It’s because very enjoy!”
Lovelia, 18 High School Graduate NCCC Mall Matina Hometown: Davao City	How often do you watch your favorite TV show? “My favorite TV show is ‘Wowowee’. Umm… I watch ‘Wowowee’ everyday!” How often do you go to work? “Umm… Everyday. Umm… I am going to work everyday.”
Redge Nicolle, 19 High School Graduate NCCC Mall Matina Hometown: Davao City	How often do you watch TV? “I watching TV only every night.” How often do you see your favorite artist on TV? “I saw her many times all her TV shows. Because she is my favorite young teen artist because she’s cute, she’s like me.”
Marivic, 21 High School Graduate NCCC Mall Matina Hometown: Davao City	How often do you watch ‘Wowowee’? “I am watching ‘Wowowee’ five times.” How often do you watch your favorite TV show? “My favorite TV show is ‘Lobo’. I watching “Lobo’ every night. I watch ‘Lobo’ every night because the beautiful story. Yes, because I can relate the movie.”
Beverly, 21 College Level Gaisano Mall Hometown: Davao City	How often do you cut your hair? “How often did I cut my hair? I have my haircut yearly.”
Sheryl, 24 High School Graduate Gaisano Mall Hometown: Kidapawan City	How often do you cut your hair? “I cut my hair six months.”
Maria, 25 College Level Gaisano Mall Hometown: Bohol	How often do you cut your hair? “I cut my hair every year.” How often do you watch TV? “I watch TV everyday… every night.”

Nanette, 24 College Level Victoria Plaza Hometown: Davao City	How often do you shop? “I shop in Christmas only because shopping is expensive.” How often do you buy grocery? “I grocer…buy grocery? I buy grocery every week.” How often do you cook rice? “I don’t cook rice. I buy rice outside.”
Hilda, 25 High School Graduate Victoria Plaza Hometown: Davao City	How often do you eat in restaurants? “I eat my friends with me. I eat ‘Jollibee’ sometimes ‘Chowking’.” How often do you ride a taxi? “I riding a taxi only when no jeep… I don’t riding a taxi everyday.” How often do you shop? “I love shopping. I shopping every month because I have money.”
Jenny, 21 College Level Victoria Plaza Hometown: Davao City	How often do you cook? “I am cooking everyday!” How often do you wash your clothes? “I am washing my clothes every Sunday.” How often do you watch movies? “I watch only pirated. I don’t have money. I am watching movies only every Saturday because no work.”
Melanie, 23 High School Graduate Gaisano Mall Hometown: Davao City	How often do you text your friend? “I text him every… Its depend on how he texts me too.”
Helen, 20 College Level Gaisano Mall Hometown: Davao City	How often do you text your friend? “I text my boyfriend everyday, but sometimes we don’t text each other when we are both busy or we don’t have a load.”
Regie, 24 High School Graduate NCCC Mall Uyanguren Hometown: Davao City	How often do you watch TV? “The movie are okay. I love foreign videos.” How often do you have your haircut? “Every month!”
Alfredo, 18 College Level NCCC Mall Uyanguren Hometown: Davao del Norte	How often do you watch TV? “As a working student, I do not usually watch TV because I’m still a student at the same time, working, so often I did not.” How often do you have your haircut? “Mandatory dito sa NCCC, every month.”
Mae Ann, 18 High School Graduate NCCC Mall Uyanguren Hometown: Tagum City	How often do you watch TV? “Sometimes, oftentimes lang because we don’t have TV in our boarding house.” How often do you have your haircut? “For me ano, in a one year, twice.”
Renaliza, 24 College Level NCCC Mall Uyanguren Hometown: Davao del Norte	How often do you watch TV? “’I don’t watch TV anymore. I just sleep because I’m tired.” How often do you have your haircut? “During events lang like Christmas or events of the stores.”

· The underlined statements contain the error needed for the study.

· The table shows the exact statements given by the respondents.