Quote Originally Posted by Killa From Manila View Post
Not a lot of people know this but, Philippines is the 2nd (or 3rd) largest (population) english speaking country in the world. More people speak english there than U.K., Australia, or Canada. Yeah, no joke. You can wikki it and tell me if I'm bullsh1ting you.
Don't get so defensive. The thread was a joke, a piss take, something for people to have a little laugh about.

English is a lingua franca in the Philippines, but I would hazard a guess that the numbers of people fluent in the language are rather more limited. Manny's level of English is quite common for people in the Philippines, and that's no knock on him because people there often speak multiple languages as you point out. If you say the word bilingual to a person in the UK they would think you were questioning their sexuality.