Lowkey not a bad idea. In the end, pronouns are just meant to avoid having to use someone's name repeatedly and doesn't have much to do with gender. Why bother making so many pronouns if one pronoun for all would have been just as useful. 🤣
The funniest thing about mamser (mamzer) is that it means "bastard" or "child of incest" in Yddish. Learning this as a Filipino was so funny because now I try not to laugh every time a guard goes "balik po kayo bastard" 🤣
Filipinos grew up with gender neutral pronouns whether in singular or plural form, Siya (Him/Her) and Sila (They/Them) to the point that we bend even the foreign words to be neutral friendly, Mamser (warped ma'am/sir)
do you not think that he could have been with a group thats why peeps say ma'am sir? I dont think we have a very difficult understanding of the english pronouns despite how different it is to the local language, from what i know since I do live here in PH, we say Ma'am,Sir and heck even titles like Doc,Lawyer,Engr etc out of respect and well for the latter to acknowledge the title a person have base on their work.
@@himasekiwari155 Naah, i struggle with pronouns as im used to using siya to everything, i always use she to everyone as default prolly cuz theyre only 1 syllables diff pronunciation wise
That's because Filipino accent really made Ma'am sound like Mom. I think it was supposed to sound like "Mæm" (correct me if I used the character wrong) not "Maw-m"
Ma'am/Sir in hotels are usually used by hotel attendants when referring to a group so though they say it like "Mam'sir" they are saying "Ma'am, Sir" to refer to both male and female guests in the group chat. I dont believe as of myself am Filipino that the hotel attendants were calling individuals Ma'am/Sir
Every Filipino has an English pronoun problem. We get confused with him/her, she/he etc., Since in Filipino we only have one singular pronoun: "siya" So to solve this problem we just call people maamsir....
Not every Filipino though. Most Filipinos would just call someone ma'am or sir and simply change it if they were corrected. I'm assuming this is more of a employee thing since they're required to be inclusive or something but I personally would feel weird being called ma'amsir all the time.
@@kyleco9185this is not only implying to maam/sir... like the post said, i also make mistakes with pronouns him/her, she/he... its hard if you get used to "siya/niya" for he/she and "kanya" is for his/him/her/hers.. and to non filipinos, changing 's' to 'n' if the word before it ends with vowel.. for example "sabi niya" which means "he/she said".. when i try to speak in english and wanted to refer a woman, i often make mistake and say "he"... obviously if your first language is english this wont be a problem to you.. its only a problem to us where english is 2nd, 3rd, or even 4th language..
Tbh I love it. If there were just one pronoun for everyone in English, I'm down. In Chinese, there's also only one pronoun. In Cantonese, people, animals, inanimate objects, etc can all share a pronoun (pure laziness xD).
maam/sir (with filipino accent: mam/ser) is addressed to a wide group of people. Just like how you would use "ladies and gentlemen" to address people. In our language, we dont use gendered pronouns. When talking to an individual, they would call you either maam or sir, depends on your gender, to be polite.
LOL We say that even to eachother. we probably say it only in a professional setting just to be respectful (probably) I'm not sure but I think it's like that
Imo it didnt start with calling foreigners that. It’s definitely a local thing, filipinos just say it to whoever, foreigner or not lol been hearing “mamser” ever since i was a kid my earliest memory is from muslims selling DVDs at the side of the street, to call out to potential customers, they would say “Mamser DVD DVD”
the thing is. we dont have he/she, him/her in filipino. we dont have any pronouns relating to one's gender. so we might get confused in using english pronouns sometimes. aint that a beautiful thing.. westerners wish they had this right bout' now xD
We usually used Ma'am/Sir mostly in an Open Letter and Ma'am or Sir if theres an exact gender female(Ma'am) male(Sir). and if its a member of LGBTQ community we just used Beh or BiH.
We call our english accent Carabao English, because we have a lot of it here (water buffalo). I know it sounds derogatory but it's not, it's just us making fun of ourselves 😂
Legit question...while he is in the trip is he with a bigger group with both boys and girls? if so all the reason why people attending them would say both Ma'am and Sir otherwise the peeps will just be saying Here Sir or Here Ma'am,I know despite the difference between grammar and language, we fils understand and speak english with comprehension to some extent (I do know that there are different circumstances especially if one is uneducated but even them could speak a good amount of english and understood what they said), Yes Filipino is more gender neutral but do everyone here actually think we dont understand english after a legit long amount of time being influenced by america and some even watching and listening to english music? Many peeps including myself say ma'am or sir or both to someone I know just out of respect, its the same usage as Ate and Kuya essentially and imagine you see an Ate and Kuya ask you for directions or if you want to ask someone and just happens an ate and kuya happens to be there and together, wouldnt you say like "Ate Kuya alam niyo ba kung saan na lugar ito? and if its only let's say a Kuya pressent you wouldnt say Ate Kuya even it is clearly visible that its only one person which happens to be an older guy/stranger. Edit: For short its not about FIlipinos have a seriously hard time to understand its more of us being respectful or corteous to people we dont know
ma'am/sir. Are used just to address a person. Because it is how we do to open a conversation without being impolite. Ma'am is for female or male dressed up as a woman and sir for male or female dressed as a male. It is just to be polite and respectful to other person.
that's us filipinos being progressive. We have solved the pronouns problem doing the MaamSir.. LOL
Lowkey not a bad idea. In the end, pronouns are just meant to avoid having to use someone's name repeatedly and doesn't have much to do with gender. Why bother making so many pronouns if one pronoun for all would have been just as useful. 🤣
Pronouns = cringe
@@Paulyster_ everyone uses them, get over it.
@@bunnniel bro said "everyone" 🙃
@@Paulyster_ so you go by it then? ok
MAMSER
mamser
The funniest thing about mamser (mamzer) is that it means "bastard" or "child of incest" in Yddish. Learning this as a Filipino was so funny because now I try not to laugh every time a guard goes "balik po kayo bastard"
🤣
Saklap 😭
Jew?
"mamser, this way please"
😂😂😂 it's a slang from "Ma'am, Sir"
"Ma'am/Sir"* Unless you are talking to one man and one woman, or to put it simply, a straight couple.
@@Husshhh713 Youre right with "/", but the term is indeed only used for groups of people that includes a man and a woman.
Filipinos grew up with gender neutral pronouns whether in singular or plural form, Siya (Him/Her) and Sila (They/Them) to the point that we bend even the foreign words to be neutral friendly, Mamser (warped ma'am/sir)
do you not think that he could have been with a group thats why peeps say ma'am sir? I dont think we have a very difficult understanding of the english pronouns despite how different it is to the local language, from what i know since I do live here in PH, we say Ma'am,Sir and heck even titles like Doc,Lawyer,Engr etc out of respect and well for the latter to acknowledge the title a person have base on their work.
@@himasekiwari155 Naah, i struggle with pronouns as im used to using siya to everything, i always use she to everyone as default prolly cuz theyre only 1 syllables diff pronunciation wise
@@himasekiwari155 ma'am/sir is usually used when talking to a crowd so...
That's because Filipino accent really made Ma'am sound like Mom.
I think it was supposed to sound like "Mæm" (correct me if I used the character wrong) not "Maw-m"
But then why would you say ma'am/sir as if it's a single word.
@@rovidelarosa Honestly? I don't have any idea. (I lived my 80% of my life in Switzerland, so it's also "kinda" new to me too).
@@rovidelarosa I think it's supposed to be "Ma'am, Sir" idk if that makes sense
mostly for group of people. Instead of addressing each of them, just say "ma'am, sir" for easy addressing@@rovidelarosa
@@rovidelarosa cause we can't be bothered to choose one for every person, we've amalgamated it to encompass everyone. It's part of our vocabulary now.
Ma'am/Sir in hotels are usually used by hotel attendants when referring to a group so though they say it like "Mam'sir" they are saying "Ma'am, Sir" to refer to both male and female guests in the group chat. I dont believe as of myself am Filipino that the hotel attendants were calling individuals Ma'am/Sir
This is the real explanation. Filipinos don't give a shit about pronouns
it sounds like mom but its ma'am in public
Every Filipino has an English pronoun problem. We get confused with him/her, she/he etc., Since in Filipino we only have one singular pronoun: "siya"
So to solve this problem we just call people maamsir....
If its a group of course yall say Maam/Sir
MaamSir also applied for the LGBTQ
Just to be sure 😂
Not every Filipino though. Most Filipinos would just call someone ma'am or sir and simply change it if they were corrected. I'm assuming this is more of a employee thing since they're required to be inclusive or something but I personally would feel weird being called ma'amsir all the time.
@@kyleco9185this is not only implying to maam/sir... like the post said, i also make mistakes with pronouns him/her, she/he... its hard if you get used to "siya/niya" for he/she and "kanya" is for his/him/her/hers.. and to non filipinos, changing 's' to 'n' if the word before it ends with vowel.. for example "sabi niya" which means "he/she said".. when i try to speak in english and wanted to refer a woman, i often make mistake and say "he"... obviously if your first language is english this wont be a problem to you.. its only a problem to us where english is 2nd, 3rd, or even 4th language..
Tbh I love it. If there were just one pronoun for everyone in English, I'm down. In Chinese, there's also only one pronoun. In Cantonese, people, animals, inanimate objects, etc can all share a pronoun (pure laziness xD).
I believe this is common, even for native English speakers.
maam/sir (with filipino accent: mam/ser) is addressed to a wide group of people. Just like how you would use "ladies and gentlemen" to address people. In our language, we dont use gendered pronouns.
When talking to an individual, they would call you either maam or sir, depends on your gender, to be polite.
Thank you Mamser
"Ma'am" and "mom" is always mispronounced for filipinos becuz of our accent
U GOIN TO SEKANFLOOR MAMSER?
It's Ma'am/Sir that's what we prefer calling foreign people because they are sensitive with ther genders.
Not really, they also do this to non foreigners.
LOL We say that even to eachother. we probably say it only in a professional setting just to be respectful (probably) I'm not sure but I think it's like that
We call everyone that when we work in customer service out of respect
Maam sir are refered to multiple people
Imo it didnt start with calling foreigners that. It’s definitely a local thing, filipinos just say it to whoever, foreigner or not lol been hearing “mamser” ever since i was a kid my earliest memory is from muslims selling DVDs at the side of the street, to call out to potential customers, they would say “Mamser DVD DVD”
the thing is. we dont have he/she, him/her in filipino. we dont have any pronouns relating to one's gender. so we might get confused in using english pronouns sometimes. aint that a beautiful thing.. westerners wish they had this right bout' now xD
They addressed him alone as Maam/Sir??? 🤔 Or in a group? If it was just him, they may have been unable to identify if you are male or female lol
probably in a group since they are always together.
As other comments have pointed out, it is a thing in the Philippines. Usually used in a general sense, ex “Maam/Sir come on up and buy our product”
its probably with a group since he's in one right?
"Hoy panot" is my favorite address.
In most filipino establishment, you will be addressed with Maam or Sir....
But in streets you often get called as boss/lodi/kuya or ate (teh)...
Pogi hahaha Ganda hahaha
@@loristnorton3723 Ahh yes that too
We usually used Ma'am/Sir mostly in an Open Letter
and Ma'am or Sir if theres an exact gender female(Ma'am) male(Sir).
and if its a member of LGBTQ community we just used Beh or BiH.
junie boy is that you?! (boy may stream ako) hahahahaha
If they're not sure what your gender is...they would just say "Ma'am/sir" as to not offend.
We call our english accent Carabao English, because we have a lot of it here (water buffalo). I know it sounds derogatory but it's not, it's just us making fun of ourselves 😂
Mamser, bili na po kayo, bente pesos lang
My brother is consistently being called as "ma'am"... Dude was seen as a woman for all these years, even after being married and have one kid.
We don't really have pronouns, it's just "that person" and we say Sya/siya/xa, so mamsir makes sense.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yu want prench pries mamser?
what's the problem with his passport?
Agents can reject entry to a country if the passport is damaged/bad condition, ie water damaged
At 0:55 he said he hasn't renewed his passport.
At least they let it slide.
Legit question...while he is in the trip is he with a bigger group with both boys and girls? if so all the reason why people attending them would say both Ma'am and Sir otherwise the peeps will just be saying Here Sir or Here Ma'am,I know despite the difference between grammar and language, we fils understand and speak english with comprehension to some extent (I do know that there are different circumstances especially if one is uneducated but even them could speak a good amount of english and understood what they said), Yes Filipino is more gender neutral but do everyone here actually think we dont understand english after a legit long amount of time being influenced by america and some even watching and listening to english music? Many peeps including myself say ma'am or sir or both to someone I know just out of respect, its the same usage as Ate and Kuya essentially and imagine you see an Ate and Kuya ask you for directions or if you want to ask someone and just happens an ate and kuya happens to be there and together, wouldnt you say like "Ate Kuya alam niyo ba kung saan na lugar ito? and if its only let's say a Kuya pressent you wouldnt say Ate Kuya even it is clearly visible that its only one person which happens to be an older guy/stranger.
Edit: For short its not about FIlipinos have a seriously hard time to understand its more of us being respectful or corteous to people we dont know
facts
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As a Filipino, i thought they're calling me "hamster"
This the guy that didnt know philippines is in asia lmao sill gives me the ick
Toast is half Filipino?
Certified mamser moment
Filipino language is gender neutral, idk why we did the same thing with English 😂
gender neutral mamsir
ma'am/sir. Are used just to address a person. Because it is how we do to open a conversation without being impolite. Ma'am is for female or male dressed up as a woman and sir for male or female dressed as a male. It is just to be polite and respectful to other person.
they identify you as mam/ser thats your pronoun
If you dont know maam/sir your common sense is low af. 😂
he is low key insulting Filipino accent.
Mam sir for trans
no, just no