Quote Originally Posted by gWaPito View Post
Why is it folk in The Philippines rarely use the words Thank you, please pardon ? I found that suprising if not shocking at first , thats was the first words I had drumed into me as a child at junior school, seeing how they use English as base in school. I agree to a point with Fred's last post.
Because most of them are saying salamat po, paki (please) or pasensya na.

I have heard plenty people say pardon me po, sori po, thank you po, but our family and friends are very polite.